| Germany and the USA would have solved their differences in private, and in euphemistic, polite language. |
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| This is euphemistic code for achieving imperialistic control over as many regions of the world as possible, through whatever means are necessary. |
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| He wants to appropriate this euphemistic term to examine relations between men. |
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| The ad in the classified section of the newspaper was vague and euphemistic. |
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| This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity. |
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| Anyway, speaking as a Pulitzer Prize-winner suffering from deferred success, I am all for a campaign against any form of political correctness or euphemistic nonsense. |
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| This pronouncement is, in many cases, a euphemistic restatement of the unspoken sentiment that one religion is as bad as another. |
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| The substitution of a clear word for euphemistic jargon is found in all forms of manufactured communication, but is perhaps most often used by the military. |
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| Some health care providers prefer Do Not Resuscitate as being clearer and less euphemistic. |
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| It is simply a euphemistic way of describing the act of determining which set of interests prevails. |
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| Would the Commission not agree that in this context the expression efficient use' is rather euphemistic? |
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| The whole category has been very euphemistic, or paternalistic even, and we're saying, enough with the euphemisms, and get over it. |
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| Nowhere does this report, even in the most euphemistic terms possible, discuss the rage problem. |
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| With every passing week, the BJP just adds to this euphemistic list. |
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| It is not simply a question of condemning this situation in some euphemistic way, but of exercising all the European Union's powers to put an end to this terrible scandal for good. |
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| First, I want to express our regret at the euphemistic wording adopted. |
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| Saying that it is restored is a euphemistic reference to the historic reality of that country, but with rule of law and viable administration things can be different. |
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| Every effort had been made to present the bombing campaign in a sanitised, euphemistic fashion, while the briefings had been sprinkled with lies or incorrect information. |
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| Any further emphasis would be euphemistic. |
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| It is this euphemistic use of the asterisk that is doubtless responsible for the sign's regular inclusion in the cartoonists maledicta balloon. |
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| As regards violence against women, the use of toned-down or euphemistic language also leads to a distortion of reality and to the trivialisation of what constitutes a violation of human rights. |
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| The closest anybody gets to the reality of these issues is through the euphemistic idioms of the thinktanks and government, idioms that discuss soft power, projection and US vision. |
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| It is to be feared, however, that these are just euphemistic diminutives, because when we come to the crux of the problem we come across the word primacy. |
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