"term" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She was being "debriefed", a euphemistic term for mind-laundry.
- The euphemistic term comes from the British English definition of a closet as a small private room.
- There may be some connection also with the roll-lock, a form of Sliding knife, given the euphemistic term rollock or rollocking (see below).
- There are also euphemistic terms such as sleeping together or birds and the bees.
- Many modern confectioners make barley candy without barley allowing the name to become a euphemistic term.
- In the past, reasons for changing clubs have been couched in euphemistic terms, such as the need for a fresh challenge.
- Most can be worded in vague, euphemistic terms that convey the gist without delving into coprological detail.
- Recently the term "faltering growth" has become a popular replacement for "failure to thrive", which in the minds of some represents a more euphemistic term.
- Mr President, international protection is a coded and euphemistic term for asylum.
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