Euphemisms
Euphemisms involve substituting a mild, inoffensive phrase for an otherwise
frank expression that might offend. Some euphemisms are intended for
humour, but others are intended to make things seem more positive than
they really are.
Euphemism
Correctional facility
Cross over to the other side
It fell off the back of a truck
In reduced circumstances
Lose your lunch
Message from our sponsor
Between jobs
Kick the bucket
Big boned
Idiot box
Little boy’s room
Chemical dependency
Economically depressed
neighbourhood
Bend the truth
Peer collaboration
A little thin on top
Visit from the stork
Bun in the oven
Vertically challenged
Kick the bucket
Armed intervention
Gentleman friend
Put to sleep
Have words with someone
Slip of the mind
What it really means
Jail
Die
Stolen merchandise
Poor
Vomit
Advertisement
Unemployed
Die
Fat
Television
Bathroom
Drug addiction
Slum, ghetto
Lie
Cheating
Bald
Give birth
Pregnant
Short
Die
Military attack
Lover
Euthanize
Have an argument
Forget