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Exercise Your Figures > Exercise 31: Irony and Euphemism

Word Hero Chapter Twelve

Ironic euphemisms make the gentlest of insults, while winning the sympathy of your audience (assuming it's not the subject of your euphemism).

Take the worst traits of someone you dislike and euphemize them. A loudmouth is verbally generous. A backstabber is strategical.

June 1, 2011 | Registered CommenterJay