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Mar. 14, 2015

dysphemism \DIS-fuh-miz-uhm\ noun 1. the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one. 2. an expression so substituted. Quotes They were given considerable latitude in determining who should become a target of their "collection efforts." (The term "spying" was considered a dysphemism, though many believed it to be a more honest description of domestic intelligence work.) -- David Lindsey, An Absence of Light, 1994 Origin Dysphemism is derived from the Greek dys- meaning "ill, bad" and phḗmē meaning "speaking." It entered English in the late 1800s.

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