The senator used many euphemistic terms to describe the tougher laws. From LearnThat.org.
`peepee' is a common euphemistic term. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The administration sought to justify the unjustifiable by coining the euphemistic doublespeak of "roughing up". From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
Steve: It is hardly "euphemistic" to describe me as being in the mineral exploration business. From Wordnik.com. [Crowley and North [1991] « Climate Audit] Reference
That's why abortion supporters have to use all kind of euphemistic language to speak about abortion. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Blogs Feed] Reference
Jacques 'hands traced euphemistic signals in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
Each of these phrases is the euphemistic equivalent of. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
Dude, they've entered euphemistic jargon death spiral. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Camp: Admiral Mullen Opposes Timtetable] Reference
No euphemistic naming will ever hide their hideous nature. From Wordnik.com. [Africa and Freedom] Reference
That's their euphemistic term for saying, it may not be over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008] Reference
The appellation they bore was nevertheless purely euphemistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Enough of the euphemistic "Transitions" title when you list deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
To Valdron: Who is your euphemistic "you" in your Japanese comment?. From Wordnik.com. [In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film] Reference
I should have better explained the euphemistic terms I chose in 2003. From Wordnik.com. [Coleen Rowley: FBI NSLs Up "Manyfold"--A Clarification] Reference
Enough, unfortunately do, and they drink the cute euphemistic beverage. From Wordnik.com. [McAuliffe: This Race Won't Go To The Convention] Reference
That formulation seemed either too euphemistic or not euphemistic enough. From Wordnik.com. [Time Takes A Huey: Editor Kelly Rises, Successor Chosen] Reference
A nice euphemistic term for a explanation of how and why we decided not pay. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Lee Miller: Whither Now Health Care Reform?] Reference
Still this joy was concealed under euphemistic phrases in his correspondence. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
They're known as night commuters, a euphemistic term for their terrible plight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference
Is this a direct quote or was this person relaying it to you being euphemistic?. From Wordnik.com. [Palin Supporter Calls African American Sound Man An "Uppity Negro"] Reference
"Anti-Zionism" is merely a euphemistic way of asking for "more genocide, please". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Speeches today, filled with pop culture and euphemistic banter, serve only to disappoint. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
We may note here the euphemistic tendency to call powerful spirits by propitiatory names. From Wordnik.com. [The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'] Reference
They said, they replied, in a matter of a few days, but that could be a euphemistic few days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2005] Reference
"I've got to move something from the car first," he replied, with ambiguity merely euphemistic. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Oasis is passionate without being sentimental, and poetic without being evasive or euphemistic. From Wordnik.com. [In Full Swing: Sexual Liberation in L.A.] Reference
There was a time when the euphemistic ‘sadness’ of a Tory shadow minister mattered not a jot. From Wordnik.com. [How the Tories plan to avoid a cultural beating] Reference
Throughout the 30 year war or euphemistic 'Troubles', RC areas were decked with Palestinian flags. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He was not a tall man — and that, he admitted, was a euphemistic way of saying that he was short. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
No! he was not false enough or euphemistic enough to call it a reward; he would regard it as a bribe. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: the Sea] Reference
What a defeatist, pacifist, ungrateful person (and I use that word as a euphemistic synonym) you are. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
I wondered how Corporate could quantify treatment and yet be so misty and euphemistic about cost-cutting. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of a Nonprofit] Reference
Translated into plain English, this euphemistic expression means that Darwinism excludes all design and control by a. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
The frosting on their euphemistic cake, was the big black dog that slept in the garbage can, just next to the garage door. From Wordnik.com. [the blind half-pint] Reference
The wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford who coined the now-euphemistic phrase "hiking the old Appalachian Trail?". From Wordnik.com. [This Valentine's Day, I'm not Taking Relationship Advice from Jenny Sanford] Reference
“Not forgetting it means not forgetting what actually happened,” he said, “as opposed to some highly euphemistic version of it.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Rudy Team Has '04 Dream: Bush-Giuliani] Reference
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