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discuss these issues on the talk page. A euphemism is a
generally innocuous word or expression used in place of one that
may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant. Some
euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland,
inoffensive, and often misleading terms for things the user
wishes to dissimulate or downplay. Euphemisms are used for
dissimulation, to refer to taboo topics (such as disability,
sex, excretion, and death) in a polite way, and to mask
profanity. The opposite of euphemism roughly equates to
dysphemism. Euphemisms may be used to avoid words considered
rude, while conveying their meaning: "Kiss my you-know-what!"
instead of the more vulgar, "Kiss my ass/arse"; the expletive
sugar to substitute shit. Some euphemisms are so commonly used
as to be standard usage: "pass away" for "die". Over the
centuries euphemisms have been introduced for "latrine", and
themselves replaced as they came to be considered unacceptable;