"euphemism for" 'word for'

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:17 PM -0400 4/28/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>This usage is quite familiar to me from cable-news talking heads. They often
>seem to prefer "euphemism" to "synonym."
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>In fact, my impression is that they rarely say "synonym" at all.
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>JL

So "euphemism" has become a euphemism for "synonym"?

LH

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