If you’ve been around for a while, you’ve probably heard the phrases 'long in the tooth,' 'getting on in years' or even 'over the hill.' “Euphemism” is defined as “a mild or indirect word or ...

Euphemisms—tactful words and phrases used in place of less pleasant ones—have been employed as rhetorical and literary devices for centuries. (The word is derived from the Greek for “good-speaking.”) ...

The word "Death" has a lot of euphemisms in virtually every language. No topic is as universally avoided--yet universally unavoidable--as DEATH. So, it's got a lot of euphemisms in virtually every ...