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  1. A figure of speech whose name in Greek means
  2. `speaking well (of something)'. To speak or
  3. write euphemistically is to use a milder,
  4. more polite, less direct, or even less honest
  5. expression rather than one that is considered
  6. too blunt, vulgar, direct, or revealing.
  7. Thus, `he passed away' is used in place of he
  8. died; `sleep with someone' substitutes for
  9. have sex with someone; and `liquidate the
  10. opposition' softens the impact of kill one's
  11. enemies.
  12.