List of euphemisms

A euphemism is a linguistic expression that names a person, a group of people, an object or a fact in a glossing over, mitigating or concealing manner. Euphemisms are used to avoid taboos or to spare feelings. Often it is about old age and death.

euphemism	Neutral term
Abdicate	Giving up an office
Drainage center	Plumbing
dismantled	unsightly
Demise	Dying , death
deportation	expulsion
Farm	farm
Alcohol sickness	Mirror drinkers
Appropriately	steal
turn off	kill
Sales representative	commercial agent
barrier-free	handicapped accessible
supervisor	Legal guardian
Predator	Predator
uneducated	uneducated
creative bookkeeping	Balance sheet falsification
Diet adjustment	Increase in diets
Domicile	Residence , apartment
The thirteenth	devil
Fertilizer site	Dung heap
Assertive	Authoritarian
Lap of honor	Non-transfer
individual responsibility	Welfare cuts
put to sleep	kill
Angel maker	Person who illegally performs abortions
rent	cancel
remove	kill ( wolves in Germany # conflicts )
Asleep	Dying, death
Disposal park	landfill
steal	steal
Unemployed	Unemployed
euthanasia	targeted killing of sick, disabled and weak people
Extraverted	Cheeky
Facility manager	facility manager
Alternative facts	Reinterpretation of facts to which there is no alternative in order to justify a false statement.
Funding talk	performance evaluation
Clean torture	psychological torture
Release , exemption	Termination , dismissal
Peace election	Determination of the incumbent without election
Friendly fire	Fire at allies
skimmed fresh milk	Skimmed milk
Goose wine	natural drinking water
behind Swedish curtains	in custody
Fallen	Soldier killed in war , war victim
Profit warning	Loss warning
Golden shot	to death leading intravenous injection of opioids
Gold digger	Sewer cleaner
Divine warrior	Religious fanatic
Bird of prey	Birds of prey
Going home, calling home	Dying, death
Friend Hein	death
Step in	Dying, death
high priced	expensive
in good hope	pregnant
to bark up the wrong tree	think completely wrong
Lord of the flies	devil
Industrial park	Commercial units
Knacki	Burglar , prisoner , prisoner
collateral damage	Acceptance of civilian war dead
high in conflict	bitchy , argumentative
conspiracy	conspiracy
Physically handicapped	cripple
expensive	expensive
Surgical Warfare	Attack of exclusively military targets to avoid → collateral damage
Retirement	last stage of life
liquidation	political murder or targeted killing
Measures terminating residence	deportation
People with a migration background	immigrant
The fallen morning star	devil
network	Rope team
Mental hospital	Asylum
Business park, industrial park	industrial area
creative parking	Ignorance of the StVO
Product lifetime	Planned obsolescence in consumer products
Pension to the silver table	Forensic medicine
Price adjustment, price correction	Price increase
Raven parents	Parents who neglect their children
Racial hygiene	kill life unworthy of life
Housekeeper	cleaning woman
Restructuring	Mass dismissal of workers
Rubens figure	Obesity
ethnic cleansing	Displacement , genocide
Schillerlocke	Dogfish
Cheat software	Fraud software
anti-fascist barrier	Berlin wall
coalfish	Charcoal burner
Seniors	old people
socially weak	poverty
socially friendly early death	Death after receiving a short pension
socially acceptable job cuts	Mass layoffs
suboptimal	bad
Relocation	expulsion
in other circumstances	pregnant
Scorched Earth Tactics	Destruction of all things that could be of use to the enemy
full figured	overweight
go from us	to die
Preheating	Drinking alcohol before going to a disco to reduce costs
renovate warm	burn down to collect the sum insured
White torture	psychological torture
Deliverer	Postman