Talk:Euphemism

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What about "refugee" for economic migrant?

Since most of the "Syrian" "refugees" coming to Europe are neither Syrian nor refugees, would this be a worthwhile addition?

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-economic-migrants-and-refugees-are-coming-to-europe-for-the-same-reasons-report-says-a6779616.html

Cameron Nedland (talk) 17:30, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. The cite does not use the word euphamism. And since a migrating refugee can be economic -- or political fleeing repression, or a war refugee fleeing death, or what have you, I don't think refugee qualifies as a euphamism for migrant. It might be a mischaracterization, but not a euphamism.ElijahBosley ^{(talk ☞)} 16:51, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

It is a good example. Technically, that is in law, they are illegal aliens, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(law)

Zezen (talk) 01:01, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Blessing God

How about a euphamism type of ssying the opposite of what you mean, such as the Biblical "Blessing God" which actually means cursing Him? 37.26.146.215 (talk) 16:52, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Cursing and blessing are actually closely related. See the relevamr wiki entries: sacrum etc.

Zezen (talk) 00:56, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

New example

department of structured operations = departmrnt to bribe high-level politicians

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47969732 Zezen (talk) 00:58, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that's a good example. It would be worth globalizing the article with examples from other languages. It is also mentioned in our article on Operation Car Wash, where the Setor de propina ("bribery division") was used as a slang term to refer to Odebrecht's Structured Operations Division (Setor de Operações Estruturais), because it was that department within the company that was responsible for managing and paying kickbacks and bribes. Mathglot (talk) 08:07, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Needs section on apotropaic euphemisms as a subset of usage

Where a revered or frightful thing must be discussed, but is referred to by euphemisms to avoid invoking its presence or angering its spirit--such as the many euphemisms for "bear" in Northern Europe, or the euphemistic names known for certain Greek pantheon entities (e.g. "the kindly ones" for spirits of vengeance). --Pitke (talk) 23:10, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Similarly, the page should at least link to the noa-name page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa-name Pauldebarros (talk) 16:13, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Unit 731 under "Mitigation"

On the topic of mitigating the social effects of mass atrocities: would including examples of Unit 731's reference to test subjects as "logs" be appropriate to add? 32.141.210.114 (talk) 21:50, 11 September 2023 (UTC)