Euphemism - an expression intended to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling than the word or phrase it replaces

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  • between jobs - unemployed

  • administrative assistant - secretary

  • making a pit stop - going to the bathroom

  • sanitation worker - garbage man

  • sanitary landfill - garbage dump

  • pre-owned vehicles - used cars

  • custodian - janitor

  • bun in the oven - pregnant

  • the big house - prison

  • passed away - death

  • big boned, stocky, husky - fat

  • downsizing - fired

  • at the end of my rope - stressed out

  • Dear John Letter - breaking up

  • outsourcing - someone else is getting the job

  • getting a pink slip - fired

  • handyman's dream - dilapidated house

  • not the brightest star in the sky - stupid

  • Dutch Treat - each pays their own way

  • golden years - old age

  • plausible denial - official lying

  • private parts - the male or female genitals

  • reverse engineering - corporate doubletalk for copy

  • triage - the process of deciding whom to help and whom to ignore.

  • correctional facility - prison

  • capital punishment - an impersonal term for execution

  • opening a can of worms - talking about a controversial topic

  • powder room - restroom