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The document discusses euphemisms, which are mild or indirect terms used in place of words or phrases that may be found offensive, disturbing, or too direct. Euphemisms are often used when referring to topics that make people uncomfortable or that are inappropriate for a given context. The document provides examples of euphemistic phrases and their literal meanings, such as "peacefully slipped away" instead of "died" and "not playing with a full deck" instead of "mentally impaired or insane." It also gives directions to identify euphemisms in sample sentences and rewrite the sentences using the literal meanings.

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Demo Euphemism Worksheet

The document discusses euphemisms, which are mild or indirect terms used in place of words or phrases that may be found offensive, disturbing, or too direct. Euphemisms are often used when referring to topics that make people uncomfortable or that are inappropriate for a given context. The document provides examples of euphemistic phrases and their literal meanings, such as "peacefully slipped away" instead of "died" and "not playing with a full deck" instead of "mentally impaired or insane." It also gives directions to identify euphemisms in sample sentences and rewrite the sentences using the literal meanings.

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Euphemisms

A euphemism is an inoffensive word or phrase that is substituted for another word or


phrase that may be considered sad, offensive, hurtful, or shocking.
We use euphemisms when whatever we are referring to is considered inappropriate for
the circumstances or when we are embarrassed or uncomfortable with the literal version.

Example:
Euphemistic expression: My grandmother peacefully slipped away late last night.
Literal meaning: My grandmother died late last night.

Directions: Underline the euphemism used in each sentence. Rewrite each sentence with
its literal meaning.

1. The pedestrian standing at the intersection appeared to not be playing with a full deck.
Literal meaning:
_______________________________________________________________
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2. The entrepreneur’s business was not making a profit, so he had to let his secretary go.
Literal meaning:
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4. In the past, many children would go swimming in their birthday suits.

5. Last Saturday, my twenty-year-old vacuum cleaner finally kicked the bucket.

7. Tommy had the tendency to lose his lunch when he got agitated.

8. The ranting customer acted like he had a screw loose, so the manager called the
police.

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6. The family got into the car for a leisurely trip to the beach, but immediately the
youngest child announced that he got the call of nature and got out again.
Literal meaning: The family got into the car for a leisurely trip to the beach, but
immediately the youngest child announced that he had to use the bathroom and got out
again.

7. Tommy had the tendency to lose his lunch when he got agitated.
Literal meaning: Tommy had the tendency to vomit when he got extremely agitated.

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