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>>What is the word for terms like sample which are an innocuous or even bloated way to describe something that is nasty or even criminal?
michaelo, I think the term euphemism applies here.
It rankles me, too--it seems the whole world is run by greed, and I hate it. Whatever happened to doing something just because it is the right thing to do?
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