Euphemism Quotes
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I sense that the chocolate chips have hit the fan.
— Jennifer Lynn Barnes
They had been harboring a hatred for us which we had grown accustomed to calling "prejudice." What a gentle word that was! What a euphemism!
— Edith Hahn Beer
I've never been a fan of euphemism.
— Jo Brand
Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.
— Bobbie Gentry
Euphemisms are for the differently brained.
— Spider Robinson
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.
— Joseph Wood Krutch
There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.
— Milos Zeman
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.
— Alan Dershowitz
Clouds and Rain' is a Chinese euphemism for sex. 'The Bringer of Clouds and Rain' is a lady of the night, a prostitute,
— Zahra Owens
Mick, I love your tiger. Which isn't a euphemism for your penis. Though I really like that too.
— Lauren Dane
In terms of the biology of the planet, development is a euphemism for destruction.
— Helen Caldicott
Gorton flu" quickly became a euphemism for pissed as a parrot.
— Mungo MacCallum
"Fussy eater" is a euphemism for "big pain in the ass."
— George Carlin
When I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them.
— Margaret Halsey
He who was given the freedom to ask whatever should give the freedom to be answered however.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
— Fred W. Friendly
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing.
— James Surowiecki
The intangibles are a euphemism for we have no idea what we're looking for but we know it when we see it.
— Brian Billick
Political correctness is euphemism for "fear to speak truth to authority
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
The only sea I saw Was the seesaw sea With you riding on it. Lie down, lie easy. Let me shipwreck in your thighs.
— Dylan Thomas
Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.
— Winston S. Churchill
I find it difficult sometimes to read exploration as other than a euphemism for empire and exploitation. The
— Alan Moore
I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker.
— Chelsea Handler
To this day the f-word turns my stomach. Because 'fine' is a euphemism for everything you're scared of saying.
— Amy Molloy
You're a psychopath.""I prefer creative. — Becca Fitzpatrick
How is it possible to have a civil war?
— George Carlin
Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining
— Julian Burnside
I was feeling low. Low is the depressive's euphemism for despair.
— Sally Brampton
He called us." "Dominick Rochester?" "Yes." "When?" "Last night. He said he met with you." Met, Myron thought. Nice euphemism.
— Harlan Coben
World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rather than signalling the aspiration for system of checks and balances against absolute power, democracy become a euphemism for majority rule.
— Peter Mansfield
Dated" in Selah's book, being a euphemism for "had enthusiastic and frequent sex with".
— Charlaine Harris
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server.
— Evgeny Morozov
Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive
— Kate Burridge
We're going to go sit and chat.""Nice euphemism. — Tellulah Darling
We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism
— Robert Hughes
Then, as on the night before, we lay down together and I proved how great our friendship had become.
— Henry M. Christman
I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things.
— Gerard Way
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
— George Schultz
Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition.
— Paul Kenneth Keller
Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
— Muriel Spark
Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.
— Jacques Attali
Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.
— Jasper Fforde
Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.
— Robert A. Heinlein
You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.
— Terry Pratchett
Progressives' don't just redefine (and valorize) deviancy; they insist on renaming it, too.
— Kathy Shaidle
Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well ...
— Joao Magueijo
'Spoilt' is a euphemism for 'loved.'
— James Nesbitt