euphemism for

Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).

The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

For instance, the word used to hail waitresses in Taiwan xiaojie, or 'miss, ' is a common euphemism for prostitute in mainland China.

Economic development is of course a euphemism for an expansion of political influence and a state-endorsed land grab.

"I'd see a few friends or race past a blind pig, " she said, using the euphemism for Prohibition-era drinking establishments.

The days when an executive programme was a euphemism for a few days' break are long gone.

It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.

Protective reaction was just a euphemism for the bombers to stage raids over that country.

Of course "putting his hand under his thigh" is just a polite euphemism for "holding his testicles in his hand. "

Its prime condition was that talks be based on a Palestinian "consensus" , a euphemism for including them in the diplomatic fray.

"Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern" .

This woman hasn't quite figured out that you saying you're "busy for a few weeks" is a euphemism for "thanks, but no thanks" .

The term rumours is often a euphemism for anti- government views in China.

For the majority of women who have given birth - and most of the men who have watched them - these "sensations" are a euphemism for pain.

Later, after waiting until 2007, two years after he left office, he conceded that "froth" had been his euphemism for "bubble" .

Days later, Netanyahu responded by saying Israel needs to let settlers "lead normal lives" - a euphemism for building more homes.

Some foreign executives privately complain that technology digestion can be a euphemism for abuse.

The word "savings" , by contrast, which is Mr Osborne's preferred euphemism for cuts, features prominently in the middle.

He wants to avoid creating another "cult of personality" the euphemism for glorification of an all powerful leader.

The family has been unable to plant its main sorghum crop, she says, and their buffaloes are becoming "diseased" , a euphemism for starving.

Yet gaizhi is not simply a euphemism for "privatisation" ; it has also created a variety of public-private hybrids.

There's always a euphemism for it -- like 'the test facility' or 'the base' -- but never Area 51.

It's just a euphemism for killing, right?

The appeal at the end to "inner calm" may sound tranquil, but one can't help but wonder whether it's a euphemism for a crackdown.

My favorite euphemism for sexual intercourse is the relatively recent "Ugandan discussions" or "talking about Uganda. "

George Bush assembled coalitions of the willing, a euphemism for his failure to get the UN to back his invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The International Classification of Diseases, (ICD-10), does list "senescence" a medical euphemism for old age, as a cause of death.

According to its monthly report, economic adjustments, which is considered a euphemism for slowdown, have intensified.

I often got straight A's on my six-week report card and a C in citizenship, which was a euphemism for good behavior in class.

It is beyond doubt that the globalization of culture, called a euphemism for Americanization by some, has already begun.

Last week world stock markets tanked on news of Dubai World's debt standstill (a delightful euphemism for default).

Euphemism for a restroom, especially for women, particularly ones in private venues such as restaurants. Nightclubs or stores. Powder room.

Oh, ho, a clever, albeit obsolete , euphemism for insufficient blood flow to the male sex organ .

State-media reports described Black Hawk Safety Net as offering hacking 'training, ' which is euphemism for selling malicious software.

The handset division, too, has been officially "rebuilding" , a euphemism for struggling.

"In Transition" is too blatant (and too pretentious) a euphemism for unemployed.

Facebook calls this "frictionless sharing" , which is their euphemism for silent total surveillance.

Interesting euphemism for "drunk" .

Mellow: Soft in the mouth, sometimes an euphemism for sweet.

There are also the good-old standbys, behaviour change (a euphemism for less promiscuous sex)and condom use.

The euphemism for that is "flexibility" .

'Pre-owned' is the euphemism for second-hand watches.

The Clinton's not only redefined the family but they created an Orwellian euphemism for bureaucracy to replace it.

It is a euphemism for jail, the place where we are well cared for AT no expense.

"Service overtime" is a Japanese euphemism for unpaid overtime - of which there is plenty.

"This is a strategic acquisition" is a euphemism for "we are paying more than this business is worth" .

pass water ' is a euphemism for ` urinate '

My father is Li Gang! "That phase became a euphemism for official arrogance and impunity. "

On Types and Evolution of the Euphemism for "Die" and Its Implied Cultural Psychology

an exclamation of surprise or wonder, (euphemism for the profane Jesus)