Description Quote by Nigel Rees

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

— Paul Johnson

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents…

— Anonymous

I've never been a fan of euphemism.

— Jo Brand

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

— Kate Burridge

The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is

— George Carlin

Euphemisms are for the differently brained.

— Spider Robinson

“Employment stereotypes you”

— Sunday Adelaja

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.

— Wendy Wasserstein

It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

— Al McGuire

“The National Rate of Unemployment is one of the most vicious euphemisms ever coined.”

— William Vickery, Canadian Nobel laureate, The Cult of Impotence, by Linda McQuaig

Work ends up dehumanizing people.

— Pope Francis