And if he's going to euphemise English, why not accord the same "respect" to Mandarin and Magyar?. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: DEPLORABLE WORDS.] Reference
However, you can euphemise all you like, but the underlying meaning stands out like a flasher in a nunnery see also 'ethnic cleansing' and 'budget airline'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
By the way those who decide not to euphemise the term amnesty are not necessarily racist, though this is the usual come back by pro-illegal immigration liberals. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 12, 2010] Reference
The British today, still tried to euphemise this massacre as a result of a certain Tibetan who "mistakenly" opened the "first shot", i.e. deep inside Tibetan's homeland to a heavily armed invading army. From Wordnik.com. [Revelation of an American Hawk, about Myanmar] Reference
Except for those pink people, I guess, who obviously have such a problem with, uh, physical aspects of digital fictional characters that we have to euphemise said physical aspects lest we scare them off. From Wordnik.com. [Girl Meets Game Boy. « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
And so to Decision 2010, as we must euphemise next month's general election, which looms before us like the least appealing set menu in gastronomic history. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
As for insolvency, it was a very gentlemanlike failing; while brigandage was only what Sheil used to euphemise as 'the wild justice' of noble spirits, too impatient for the sluggard steps of slow redress, and too proud not to be self-reliant. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
You have to euphemise it. From Wordnik.com. [“I’m glad you’ve decided not to kill it”] Reference
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