Here are some examples of euphemisms:
- "Mentally challenged" instead of mentally retarded.
- "Unmotivated" instead of lazy.
- "The R Word" for economic recession.
- "The D Word" for economic depression.
- "Terminological inexactitude" for a lie.
- "Shaped" for an internet Provider slowing down an Internet connection's speed.
- "Slippage" for contracts than can not meet agreed deadlines.
- "Over-run" for contracts that demand more payment than initially agreed on.
- "Passed away" for dead.
- "Going to the toilet/bathroom/lavatory/water closet" for defecating/excreting/urinating.
- "Defecated/excreted/urinated" for pissed/shat - (These are euphemisms that use medical terms.)
- "Collateral damage" for people killed by mistake.
- "Making love" for sexual intercourse.
- "Sexual intercourse" for copulate.
- "Let go" for fired.
- "Put to sleep," "put down," for euthanized.
- "Euthanized" for killed.
- "The Scottish Play" for Macbeth.
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