by Dr. Shanthi Thomas
A euphemism is a polite and inoffensive expression used to replace one that could be considered embarrassing, vulgar, unpleasant or offensive. The English language employs many euphemisms to avoid embarrassment and unpleasantness in communication. Read on to find the most commonly used euphemisms in the English language.
Death, the inevitable reality of life, is a difficult topic to discuss, especially at a personal level. Therefore, ‘being dead’ is very often couched in many euphemisms such as
Disabilities such as blindness or deafness are considered too impolite to be directly remarked upon. Therefore such disabilities are expressed using euphemisms such as
These are euphemisms for facts of life that everyone knows and goes through but would be too embarrassed to talk about directly, such as
No one wants to be referred to as an idiot. Therefore, many interesting euphemisms have taken the place of this offensive word.
Many misfortunes might befall a human life, and one may not want to talk about them directly.
War and other conflicts are very unpleasant and destructive. It is no wonder that many of the aspects of war are referred to using euphemisms. Generally you find these words in newspaper reports of war.
Life hands out many negative experiences which are very unpleasant or hurtful to talk about directly. Hence we have euphemisms such as
Finally, there are euphemisms used to discuss difficult and immodest topics.
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