Sentence examples for euphemistic jargon from inspiring English sources
In the oddly euphemistic jargon of international finance, this is known as "burden-sharing," or even more obscurely as "private sector involvement".
Humorous piece in which the speaker practices coertion by using euphemistic jargon: "First, what I need you to do is give me permission to drive you completely insane by using the word 'need' in places where another word like 'want' or 'order' would be more 'honest'..
By George W. S. Trow The New Yorker, October 14 , 1991P. 52 Humorous piece in which the speaker practices coertion by using euphemistic jargon: "First, what I need you to do is give me permission to drive you completely insane by using the word 'need' in places where another word like 'want' or 'order' would be more 'honest'...
And that language is nowhere more exquisitely euphemistic than in the military, where the jargon includes such gems of evasion as "collateral damage" and "neutralize," and where the combination of life-threatening work and close quarters gives rise to the kind of slang men use when they slap each other on the back or come to blows — the kind of talk that is common in Mamet's signature works.
Like all jargon, it is opaque and euphemistic rather than vivid and direct.
Euphemistic smalltalk flows uneasily.
Another risk manager was less euphemistic.
Perhaps 'cooked' is too euphemistic a term.
"Criticized the New York Times" sounds a bit euphemistic.
