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This is a euphemism for sackings or firings.
Negro, from the Spanish/Portuguese word for `black' seems to have been a euphemism, a softer term, and replaced the earlier term, Black . With the rise of Black consciousness and Black pride, Blacks challenged the need for a euphemism (the very use of which implies, of course, something bad or negative, which has to be rendered pleasant or acceptable).
The answers are a nice springboard for talking about: 1) how you go about reforming language, and what limitations you'd face (just saying it won't make it so); 2) how expressions like "you know" actually function linguistically (people aren't saying "you know" just to annoy you, even if that's the effect); and 3) the nature of language etiquette, taboo, euphemism, and context.
I knew unmentionables simply as a euphemism for `underwear'; two dictionaries of American usage, one thesaurus, and one husband (from Mr. Sharp's own state of Missouri) bear out that impression.
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