PC: Politically Correct words
is there a term to describe usage of, pleasant sounding word?
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 Feb 3 2020, 05:35 PM
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Feb 3 2020, 05:42 PM
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wait, pragmatics? semantics?
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Feb 4 2020, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE(abu.shofwan @ Feb 3 2020, 05:33 PM) Euphamism? YESSS!!! This is the one!!! than you sir! Fiezannn, Nanti Sekejap, as below given by abu.shofwan : QUOTE euphemism /ˈjuːfəmɪz(ə)m/ noun a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. "the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts" |
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Feb 4 2020, 05:39 PM
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1,455 posts Joined: Jan 2015 From: Qatar
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QUOTE(Micozole @ Feb 4 2020, 01:58 PM) YESSS!!! This is the one!!! My pleasure... Glad it was the correct one. than you sir! Fiezannn, Nanti Sekejap, as below given by abu.shofwan : I had it on the tip of my tounge, edge of my brain... Had to shuffle some pages in my memory of lessons from school time... All i had to go on was something ending with -ism... |
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