Euphemisms

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nation with a low living standard relative to other countries

political demarcation

novel by Raymond Chandler

attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones

unlawful secret disappearance

debate following the Congress of Berlin in 1878 as to how the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire should be treated

expression associated with political misinformation established in 2017

strategy for evasion of accountability by preventing proof of responsibility

political messaging using coded language

type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence

political slogan and Internet meme

gay slang term for a gay man

Soviet euphemism for extrajudicial punishment

antisemitic slur for Jews in the Soviet Union

right-wing religious conservative political faction in Iran

Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.

replacement of offensive language (swear words) or personal details with a beep sound

politically motivated renaming of French fries in the United States

euphemism for drunken hallucination caused by alcoholic hallucinosis or delirium tremens

euphemism referring to accounting practices with questionable ethics, often associated with financial or securities fraud

taboo involving restrictions on language

extraction of cryptographic secrets (e.g. the password to an encrypted file) from a person by coercion or torture

euphemism for jobs that rely on the popularity of a performer among clientele

English murder victim

term for special needs, disability, impairment and handicap

tax fee extorted by a non-governmental revolutionary organization

implicit representation of LGBTI characters

common English language phrase ostensibly disguising profanity as words from the French language.

form of execution

Nickname for electric chairs

thumb|Portuguese mariner Bartolomeu Dias named the ("cape of the storms") in southern Africa but the king [[John II of Portugal renamed it ("cape of good hope").|alt=A cape and a beach seen from above.]] A noa-name is a word that replaces a taboo word, generally out of fear that the true name would anger or summon the force or being in question. The term derives from the Polynesian concept of Noa, which is the antonym of Tapu (from which derives the word taboo) and serves to lift the tapu from a person or object.

words that offend the dignity of an assembly

a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperat

social group-based killing that consists of the elimination of members of society who are considered undesirable, including the homeless, criminals, street children, the elderly, the poor, the weak, the sick, the needy, the disabled

Paradiastole, in a trope sense, (from Greek παραδιαστολή from παρά para "next to, alongside", and διαστολή diastole "separation, distinction") is the reframing of a vice as a virtue, often with the use of euphemism, for example, "Yes, I know it does not work all the time, but that is what makes it interesting." It is often used ironically.

phrase used to reduce the intensity of something said, like "kinda" or "well, I've heard"

slang

is a sardonic term which refers to the reluctance to use words that are considered potentially offensive or politically incorrect in the Japanese language. For instance words such as , , , , kichigai ( or , "crazy"), , and are currently not used by the majority of Japanese publishing houses; the publishers often refuse to publish writing which includes these words.

euphemism for execution in Stalin's Soviet Union

staged extra-judicial killings by police

political phrase with multiple meanings

euphemism for homosexual, used within obituaries