EUPHEMISM

Related Subject: Evasion

1. It is good to find modest words to express immodest things.—Anonymous
   

2. This instinct of politeness in speech—euphemism, as it is called—which seeks to hint at an unpleasant or indelicate thing rather than name it directly, has had much to do with making words acquire new meanings and lose old ones.—ROBERT CHAMBERS, Information for the People
   

3. The ancient Athenians used to cover up the ugliness of things with auspicious and kindly terms, giving them polite and endearing names. Thus they called harlots "companions," taxes "contributions," and the prison a "chamber."—PLUTARCH, Lives
   

4. I will but look upon the hedge and follow you.—SHAKESPEARE, The Winter's Tale