euphemisms
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“In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure,” Alfonsi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
And it could shift the national conversation from euphemisms and proxies to the real question: What do we owe the descendants of those who built this country?
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
Social media generally breeds this problem of people getting so enmeshed in their subcultures that they forget that most people don't share their jargon or euphemisms.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
One of these was the co-optative power of management, illustrated by such euphemisms as associate and team member.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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