Words similar to euphemisms

Example sentences for: euphemisms

How can you use “euphemisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In this category are all euphemisms, but they contain the seeds of their own decay.
The word privy is one of the earliest euphemisms used in England; an anonymous writer at the turn of the fifteenth century advised whanne he sitteth at privy he schal not streyne him-silf to harde.
One deplores "Microspeak," the company's hideous, responsibility-avoiding euphemisms: A bug, for example, is a "known issue."
Also absent is comment on the borrowing of terms as dysphemisms (or as euphemisms): for example, gurry is a neutral term for the gut(s) (or, if you prefer, entrails) of an eviscerated fish, but it becomes cynically dysphemistic when used, as it is in medical slang, to refer to human organs or parts removed in surgery.
Presumably, these are alternative euphemisms for a "peacekeeping" mission in a "permissive environment."