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genteelism

[jen-tee-liz-uhm]

gen·teel·ism

[jen-tee-liz-uhm]
noun
a word or phrase used in place of another, supposedly less genteel term: “Limb” is a genteelism for “leg.”

Origin:
1925–30; genteel + -ism
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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genteelism (dʒɛnˈtiːlɪzəm)
 
n
a word or phrase used in place of a less genteel one

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