as in to soften
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Later, their sad parts were endlessly euphemized until they could be mistaken for happy endings.
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Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Why euphemize?
—oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2021
Remembering is dangerous when attachments are so tenuous; better to isolate, to distance or to euphemize.
—David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
And if a real crisis happens, as with Central Americans flooding through the southern border, euphemize it as someone else’s mess.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
First on the docket is hair loss (euphemized on its site as a bonsai tree shedding its leaves), with a $44-a-month box that includes DHT shampoo, a Minoxidil dropper, and Finasteride pills.
—Grant Rindner, Esquire, 6 Dec. 2017
In 1944, a Warner Bros. cartoon euphemized World War II through Bugs Bunny and ice cream.
—Matt Siegel, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2017
The sexual content is similarly euphemized, in dances charmingly choreographed by Nejla Yatkin and in a few shirtless cuddles that suggest romance more than predation.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 May 2017
Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Why euphemize?
—oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2021
Remembering is dangerous when attachments are so tenuous; better to isolate, to distance or to euphemize.
—David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
And if a real crisis happens, as with Central Americans flooding through the southern border, euphemize it as someone else’s mess.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
First on the docket is hair loss (euphemized on its site as a bonsai tree shedding its leaves), with a $44-a-month box that includes DHT shampoo, a Minoxidil dropper, and Finasteride pills.
—Grant Rindner, Esquire, 6 Dec. 2017
In 1944, a Warner Bros. cartoon euphemized World War II through Bugs Bunny and ice cream.
—Matt Siegel, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2017
The sexual content is similarly euphemized, in dances charmingly choreographed by Nejla Yatkin and in a few shirtless cuddles that suggest romance more than predation.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 May 2017
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