Speaking of euphemisms, do you guys know of any common dysphemisms?

GulbuddinHekmatyar@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 71 points –

Here's an example from me

If you want to de-normalize a nation's state/government, call them

::: spoiler spoiler a regime

:::

Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?

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call social programs 'entitlements'.

And it's not wrong to call them that. We are entitled to social programs that we paid into. The issue is the popularity of people saying that some are "entitled" instead of "self-entitled".

I don't disagree (that we should get what we paid for), but I think that term is meant to imply that beneficiaries of these programs are spoiled brats. Its idiotic, but then so is our politics. The distinction between 'entitled' and 'self-entitled' I think is way too fine a point for our national discourse.

I like the term “earned benefits” for things like Social Security that you have to pay into.