The waste goes into a pipe that goes into what’s called a lagoon, which is a euphemism for a cesspool.
Source: The New York Times
And while he’s always been a disruptive entrepreneur–with a penchant for self-inflicted legal headaches–Tesla’s cofounder and top shareholder has recently been acting out in ways that make "mercurial genius" seem a diplomatic euphemism for incompetence and inanity.
Source: Forbes
(The euphemism will shift from feminine into masculine referents, the yonic shell shifting to the phallic coin, so that “suck my coyn” means suck my semen in Victorian slang.
Source: CBR Comic Book Resources
Even more rare is the “experimental”, a euphemism for work of historical import that has been undervalued by the market.
Source: Art Newspaper
The term always seemed a bit fusty and old-fashioned — a genteel euphemism for an activity that’s generally not considered all that genteel.
Source: Stereogum
Yet his influence in the legislature was interrupted in 1958, when Groover lost his reelection bid to another White candidate, which Groover blamed on “bloc voting,” a euphemism he later admitted in court meant Black voters supporting his more moderate rival by enough votes to defeat him in a tight plurality election.
Source: The Washington Post
It could revolutionize the workplace
Ahem, that's a euphemism for "take your jobs," but did we not see it coming already?
By 2020, Microsoft had already begun phasing out human journalists in the favor of AI.
Source: BleepingComputer
For women, it is 53 per day, according to a September 2022 Pentagon report that uses a new euphemism “unwanted sexual contact” as a “proxy measure for sexual assault.
Source: The Intercept
And instead, they were saying, what is charged for them, is how easily women are now being called ‘difficult,’ and that it’s really just a euphemism for the same thing but it has more of a dig to it,” Meghan explained via Heavy.
Source: Reality Blurb
But beyond which specific titles ended up inside or outside the Top 100 (a few stunners: no Luis Buñuel, no Howard Hawks, no Pulp Fiction), the contents of the Sight and Sound list make a collective case on behalf of analysis and explanation—and against the cynical cheerleading for movies that are “critic-proof” (a euphemism with all kinds of anti-elitist connotations).
Source: DualShockers
The “4” represents four key competencies for cybersecurity professionals: actual confrontation, software vulnerability discovery, “combat impact assessment” (likely a euphemism for security evaluation), and engineering and development skills.
Source: CyberScoop
But when someone somewhere in the world is “mugged,” to use the paltry euphemism of one of Moreh’s subjects, more often than not America is the “cop” you call for assistance.
Source: The Washington Post
Capcom revealed a single trailer for this game, and it would be a euphemism to say it’s confusing.
Source: Gameranx
By far the most shocking program that the Bank financed in West Papua was “transmigration,” a euphemism for settler colonialism.
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
“The notification calls the filling of low-lying areas an eco-friendly method of utilising fly ash, but more often than not, this is a euphemism for irresponsibly dumping ash.
Source: ThePrint
Ultimately, “smart” writing is that which conveys a strong moral clarity: a sense of audience that is inclusive, a mitigation of the unintended effects of language, and an ability to state one’s position clearly without resorting to euphemism or obfuscation.
Source: The New Republic
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