disameliorative effect of euphemisms

[James Smith]

Consider inoffensive, eponymous Thomas Crapper.

--- sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:
>
> There's the disameliorative effect of euphemisms:
> where the originally
> inoffensive takes on the taint of whatever it's
> subbing for.  I suppose
> "toilet"  would be the outstanding example of this.
>
> A. Murie


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