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Show Glossing Over the Facts. "Pa, what is a euphemism?" "I'll have to explain that by giving you an example, som' "Yes, pa." "The dictionary slfys a euphemism is 'a figure of speech by which a word or phrase more agreeable or less offensive offen-sive is substituted for one more accurately ac-curately expressive of what is meant,' as in the case of the society reporter who states that a widow who has been married three or four times is 'led to the altar' by a wealthy old codger who never had the slightest notion of getting get-ting married until he faced the preacher." preach-er." Birmingham Age-Herald. |