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gaye N. (Turkey)
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  1. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
    Other meanings refer to various calamities and evil-ish occurrences, but the one that pinged my euphemism-dar was its use as a substitute for "the devil" from the mid-1500's to the present.
  2. mischief
    reckless or malicious behavior causing annoyance in others
    Turns out mischief originally meant "misfortune" or "bad luck" that took the form of "evil plight or condition; ill-fortune; trouble, distress" and "need, want, poverty," as my plus-size friend the OED says.
  3. ameliorate
    make better
    Neither of those sound harmless to me, so evidently mischief has ameliorated like the dickens.
  4. dickens
    a word used in exclamations of confusion
    Neither of those sound harmless to me, so evidently mischief has ameliorated like the dickens.
  5. ping
    a sharp high-pitched resonant sound
    Other meanings refer to various calamities and evil-ish occurrences, but the one that pinged my euphemism-dar was its use as a substitute for "the devil" from the mid-1500's to the present.
  6. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    Other meanings refer to various calamities and evil-ish occurrences, but the one that pinged my euphemism-dar was its use as a substitute for "the devil" from the mid-1500's to the present.
  7. evidently
    in a manner that is obvious or unmistakable
    Neither of those sound harmless to me, so evidently mischief has ameliorated like the dickens.
Created on 五月 5, 2010

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