Euphemism: n
Euphemize: vrb

An inoffensive word or phrase substituted for one that is offensive and hurtful.

Sally used Euphemism in referring how incompetent Bob is at helping out in anything around the house.


“Freedom of expression means little unless it is conjoined with access to information. As Jesuits and mullahs know(‘Give me the boy until is is seven and I will give you the man,’ is a Jesuit motto), closing a mind by schooling it thoroughly and early into a particular world-view and thereafter limiting access to alternative views and inconvenient facts, is an excellent way to impose automatic and permanent censorship over the mind.”
-A.C.Grayling