Sentence examples for more euphemistic from inspiring English sources

Sticking to a budget — a dirty word even among many financial planners, who prefer the more euphemistic "spending plan" — feels too much like dieting.

Note how well the non-U words conform to Fowler's definition of genteelism: the choice of the fancier, rarer, or more euphemistic word.

"We regard the case shown on TV as outsourcing," he said, bluntly declining to use more euphemistic terms for the longstanding practice of sending unnecessary workers to affiliates.

As the cameras clicked, they embraced by one of those waterfalls that in more euphemistic days served as a shorthand for a sexual climax in Hollywood films.

In more euphemistic eras, women in advertisements for tampons and pads rode white horses or relaxed on white couches to hint at the products' efficacy, and Ms. Swanson said that women play tennis in short skirts, often white.

• Secret's first television ad for the product, which ran for 18 months, featured three bridesmaids in sleeveless dresses at an outdoor reception whose antiperspirants are overtaxed, each regarding her armpits nervously, and one even noticing a wet spot under her arm, a pointed image in the generally more euphemistic deodorant pitch.

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.

In a leaked document dated 14 November, Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, suggested removing the definitions of "net neutrality" and "specialised services"; the latter are seen by net neutrality proponents as little more than a euphemistic term for offering an internet fast lane to paying customers.

(district nurse 5, practice D) If the patient did not bring up the issue in a very direct way, the discussions were described as being more subtle, using euphemistic vocabulary, and relying much more on giving, picking up, and interpreting cues on sensing the "vibes" of the conversation and the situation.

The more common and less euphemistic interpretation is that the rich have been getting richer, especially recently.

Along with such writers as Jacqueline Susann (whose Valley of the Dolls was published in 1966), Collins was at the vanguard of a movement in female-oriented fiction that eschewed the chaste romance conventions established by Barbara Cartland and her ilk in favour of a less-euphemistic, more-uninhibited approach to sexuality.