Euphemisms

Collateral Damage is a classic euphemism (whoever thought that up is a genius!)

Anyone out there got any favourites?

Originally posted by ianpickering
Collateral Damage is a classic euphemism (whoever thought that up is a genius!)

Anyone out there got any favourites?

Originally posted by ianpickering
Collateral Damage is a classic euphemism (whoever thought that up is a genius!)

Anyone out there got any favourites?

Originally posted by ianpickering
Collateral Damage is a classic euphemism (whoever thought that up is a genius!)

Anyone out there got any favourites?

policeman caught dealing hard drugs are:
paedophile schoolteachers are:

"asked for their resignation"

Being 'economical with the truth'

I'd love to come. But I'm sorting out my sock drawer that night.

Originally posted by skeeter
I got a good one and it is probably the worlds best oxymoron:

" American Intelligence "

skeeter😵

Remember.......

non log documents,

plausible deniability,

🙂

"War is not nice"

Barbara Bush.

In the wake of the first world war, traumatized veterans were said to be suffering from "shell shock." The short, vivid phrase conveys the horrors of battle -- one can practically hear the shells exploding overhead. After the second world war, people began to use the term "combat fatigue" to characterize the same condition. The phrase is a bit more pleasant, but it still acknowledges combat as the source of discomfort.. In the wake of the Vietnam War, people referred to "post-traumatic stress disorder": a phrase that is completely disconnected from the reality of war altogether.

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by the right names."

Chinese Proverb

lies = "strategic misrepresentations"
tax increases = "revenue enhancements"

good postings (euphemism).

Originally posted by Mephisto2
good postings (euphemism).