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The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism.
Elizabeth Hardwick
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
George Schultz
Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.
Marge Piercy
Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.
Bobbie Gentry
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
Fred W. Friendly
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The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism.
Elizabeth Hardwick 
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Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
George Schultz
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Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.
Marge Piercy
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A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
Fred W. Friendly
45% of people like this quote
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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"Women's fashion" is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.
Andrea Dworkin
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