euphemism

'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.

the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts.

And then we have some euphemisms.

In the Middle Ages, to pluck fruit in Dutch was a euphemism for sex.

So, you use a euphemism, right, instead of saying she's fat.

It was time to forget about euphemisms.

" Hallucinations" might be thought of as a forgiving euphemism.

Oh! Clever! Playing on the use of cardinal numbers as euphemisms for bodily functions.

There are so many euphemisms that we put on in society to not have to say the word menstruation.

And we use euphemisms, um, to avoid offending people or saying words we're not comfortable with, right?

Jose Graziano da Silva, Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General.Chronic undernourishment is a technical euphemism for being chronically hungry.

Stephen Colbert, a comedian, joked that " Minister for Loneliness" sounded like " a Victorian euphemism for 'gigolo'" .