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dysphemistic

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Adj.1.dysphemistic - substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
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euphemistic, inoffensive - substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"


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Viewed neutrally, your (elderly, old, or mature) aunt may have been said to have died; your kindly mother might euphemistically say she passed away; and you, you insensitive - or dysphemistic - lout, might say the old lady kicked the bucket or croaked.
Euphemism, dysphemism, and the shaping of tax policy by McCormally, Timothy J. / Tax Executive
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