In the church " the purple " is a euphemism for blood and therefore " wearing the purple " may be a reference to martyrdom or a bishop's robe.

This is a euphemism replacing an earlier ' Inhospitable Sea ', Pontos Axeinos, first attested in Pindar ( early fifth century BCE ,~ 475 BC ).

However, euphemism is not the same as doublespeak.

For example, using " passed away " to suggest somebody is dead is an appropriate use of euphemism.

" Such a question is a euphemism for " Is your body clothed to the extent that you will feel comfortable if I enter and see you?

The word euphemism comes from the Greek word ευφημία ( euphemia ), meaning " the use of words of good omen ", which in turn is derived from the Greek root-words eu ( ευ ), " good / well " + pheme ( φήμι ) " speech / speaking ", meaning glory, flattering speech, praise, Euphemia, citation, good reason why.

The Talmud describes the blind as having " much light " ( Aramaic סגי נהור ) and this phrase — sagee nahor — is the Modern Hebrew for euphemism.

Phonetic euphemism is used to replace profanities, giving them the intensity of a mere interjection.

For instance, " messed up " is a euphemism for " screwed up ", which in turn is a euphemism for " fucked up "

For example, sometimes the phrase visually impaired is labeled as a politically correct euphemism for blind.

To alter the pronunciation or spelling of a taboo word ( such as a swear word ) to form a euphemism is known as taboo deformation, or " minced oath ".

The term " holiday " is also commonly used as a direct euphemism for Christmas ; businesses may announce, for example, that a product will be available " for Holiday ", meaning that it will be available in time for the Christmas shopping season.

It also is sometimes used as a euphemism for the practice of inbreeding, a practice that is generally frowned upon by horse breeders, though used by some in an attempt to fix certain traits.

Legacy system is also used as a euphemism for an old body of code, working or not.

The Latin word carō " meat " ( also the root of ' carnal ', referring to the ' pleasures of the flesh ') is often a euphemism for sexual pleasure, effected from the function performed by fleshy organs.

Test by inspection is also sometimes used as a euphemism for inadequate testing.

Fraternal polyandry is permitted in Sri Lanka under Kandyan Marriage law, often described using the euphemism eka-ge-kama ( literally " eating in one house ").

Slang is often used as a euphemism and may use informal lexicon to identify with one's peers.

Thus, although the term is sometimes viewed as a synonym or euphemism for prostitute, it is more general.

Castrati were rarely referred to as such: in the 18th century, the euphemism musico ( pl musici ) was much more generally used, although it usually carried derogatory implications ; another synonym was evirato ( literally meaning " emasculated ").

The term is sometimes used as a euphemism for sex organs since the names of the sex organs are generally universally taboo.

For example, the word " weed " can be interpreted as an undesirable plant in a yard, or as a euphemism for marijuana.

In delivering his eulogy, David Lee credited Angell with coining the word " boinking " as a euphemism for sex on Cheers.

* Using the word " bleep " ( an onomatopoea for the censored tone ), a common word like " sofa ", or even the word " profane " or " euphemism ", to replace profanity.

There are three antonyms of euphemism: dysphemism, cacophemism, and power word.

While the spread of the word in science publications can be attributed to the influence of feminism, its use as a euphemism for sex is attributed to the failure to grasp the distinction made in feminist theory, and the distinction has sometimes become blurred with the theory itself.

* A euphemism for the word fuck

In language, dysphemism, malphemism, and cacophemism refer to the usage of an intentionally harsh ( rather than polite ) word or expression ; roughly the opposite of euphemism.

In this semantic change, a neutral or even euphemistic term for a " bad " or disfavored concept becomes a " bad " word or dysphemism, and a new euphemism is needed to replace it, which in turn, may also become a dysphemism, and so on.

In North America, the word " spanking " has often been used as a synonym for an official paddling in school, and sometimes even as a euphemism for the formal corporal punishment of adults in an institution.

The Finnish word for thunder, Ukkonen, is the diminutive form of the name Ukko .< ref group =" note "> Compare to English thunder (< Old English þunor ) and German donner (< Old High German donar ) both derived from Proto-Germanic * þunraz and originally synonymic with appellations of the thunder god .</ ref > Ukko is often equated with Perkele, and some hold Perkele to be the original personal name of Ukko with the name Ukko being an euphemism.

The word may be a euphemism for death.

* Nigger – Common euphemism for " nigger " or " nigga ": viz., variant forms of a word commonly used in a derogatory way meaning or relating to black people, the latter form a colloquial reference typically utilized without malice and within the black community itself

The word fornix means " an archway " or " vault " and it became a common euphemism for a brothel as prostitutes could be solicited in the vaults beneath Rome.

In some parts of the United Kingdom, the word " shandy " is also used colloquially as a euphemism for " alcoholic drink ".

Because of the popularity of the Reynard stories, renard was often used as a euphemism, so that today renard is the standard French word for " fox " and goupil is now dialectal or archaic.

Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and sometimes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment or molestation of women by men, with use of the word " Eve " being a reference to the biblical Eve, the first woman.

In 2004 Anatoly Fomenko with his coauthor Gleb Nosovsky were awarded for their books on " New Chronology " the anti-prize of the Moscow International Book Fair called " Abzatz " ( literally ' paragraph ', a euphemism for a vulgar Russian word meaning disaster or fiasco ) in the category " Esteemed nonsense " (" Pochotnaya bezgramota ") awarded for the worst book published in Russia.

Even at that, her powers had come to her via the Fury Tisiphone, and the Furies, under the euphemism, " the Kindly Ones " ( a translation of " Eumenides ", a name they earned during the events of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy ), are major characters in the series.

* The use of euphemism to describe an agency, program or other concept, especially when the name denotes the opposite of what is actually occurring.

Renat is still a euphemism for spirits in Sweden, and the name of another vodka product by Vin & Sprit .< ref >

This was a cult from which men were excluded, so completely that they were not permitted to know or even speak the goddess's name, and hence used the euphemism " Good Goddess ".

Shakespeare's play Macbeth is said to be cursed, so actors avoid saying its name ( the euphemism " The Scottish Play " is used instead ).

The name Croker is an obvious pun on the euphemism, ‘ to croak ’ i. e. to die, and a name to which Beckett has shown some attachment.

The axi element is also validated by the older Greek name for the Black Sea, Ἄξεινος πόντος – Axeinos pontos, later altered to the euphemism Εὔξεινος πόντος Euxeinos pontos meaning " Hospitable sea ".

This technique had previously been used by Gore Vidal in his 1974 sequel to Myra Breckenridge, Myron, in which, for example, Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist's last name was a euphemism for the male sexual organ.

The name " Frog Buttress " refers to some condom packets they found at the top-at the time " French Letters " was a common euphemism.

They took their name from the Vietnam-era term Credibility gap, a euphemism for political dishonesty, and broadcast their comedy along with the news on KRLA.

* So-and-so a neutral placeholder name, for example, If an idea came not from you but from a previous writer, when describing it you should say, " So-and-so said that ..." ; ( separately ) sometimes used as a euphemism for a possibly vulgar epithet, for example, " that stupid so-and-so!

The name was seen as a euphemism, and critics complained that the quality of care provided was not equivalent to the cash.

The name Rooster Teeth is a euphemism for Cockbite, an insult used in one of the group's trailers.

The night's name, Love Muscle, is a euphemism for the penis, reflecting its raunchy gay appeal.

Another courtroom appearance came several years later, in 1955, when she sued Confidential magazine for stating that she spent her off-work hours with " Hollywood's weird society of baritone babes " ( a euphemism for a lesbian ) in an article which claimed Scott's name was found on the clients ' list belonging to a call-girl agency.

* Fuzzy math, in the United States, the name given to the reformed method of teaching mathematics in school Also used as a euphemism in the 2000 Presidential Election

His name became famous as a euphemism for a vulgar expression ( er kann mich am Arsche lecken " he can lick my arse ") attributed to him by writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1749 – 1832 ) who wrote a play based on his life.

His childhood name was Rolihlahla, which is loosely translated as " pulling the branch of a tree ," or a euphemism for " troublemaker.

Due to that, the English name only became a euphemism.

This gave rise to the jibe from critics and commentators alike that the policy was one that dare not speak its name, an allusion to the euphemism coined by Lord Alfred Douglas for homosexuality.