The phrase "a common euphemism for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining an alternative expression that is often used to refer to something in a more indirect or less harsh way.
Example: "In many cultures, 'passed away' is a common euphemism for death."
Alternatives: "a widely used term for" or "a frequent substitute for".
Apparently, those keywords didn't include "edge," a common euphemism for inside information ("I hate that word," Mr. Cohen said in his 2011 deposition).
(Along these lines, I was surprised that there was no key word for "community," a common euphemism for a department or office).
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly blamed an "armed gang" for the murder – a common euphemism for one of the dissident republican terror groups.
Then a grill man told him the secret: order "the white steak," a common euphemism for pork in Israel, and one of the inspirations for the name of the book.
On Monday, the government claimed that 120 soldiers and police officers had been killed in a town called Jisr al-Shoughour by armed gangs — a common euphemism for protesters.
In another ongoing spy scandal, the foreign ministry also said on Monday it had expelled "several Polish diplomats" over "activities incompatible with their status", a common euphemism for spying.
But eventually a common euphemism prevailed.
There is much talk of "citizens' insecurity," the common euphemism for Santiago's crime rate, which, according to Pinochetistas, has increased to troubling levels since the General stepped down.
The event organized by Blank Noise, a community art project that fights the abuse of women in public spaces, focused fresh attention on "eve teasing" — the common euphemism for the hostility and violence women experience on the streets in large parts of India, especially in the more patriarchal north.
An experienced writer and commentator for the Guardian, Mr Steele has visited Afghanistan in every phase of the civil war and is well placed to compare the end of the Soviet era and the present "transition", the favoured common euphemism for foreign withdrawal.He demolishes some Western myths about Afghanistan that betray short memories and government spin.
Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as "congestion of the brain" or "cerebral inflammation", common euphemisms for deaths from disreputable causes such as alcoholism.
