Associations to the word «Euphemism»

Wiktionary

EUPHEMISM, noun. (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces.
EUPHEMISM, noun. (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

Dictionary definition

EUPHEMISM, noun. An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne