Verbal hygiene

Verbal hygiene or euphemism.

1. Verbal hygiene Aini syahira Jamaluddin

2. VERBAL HYGIENE/ EUPHEMISM The polite expression and it is used in the place of words or phrases that are comparatively unpleasant or harsh.

3. EXAMPLES HANDICAP DISABILITY SPECIAL NEED CACAT ORANG KURANG UPAYA ORANG KELAINAN UPAYA

4. 1) To express taboo or very sensitive subjects. His grandfather died last week. The funeral will be held this Friday. When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership was falling, and the society was on its last legs . Last year, my father set up a club for o ld people . Once a week, they meet up and play cards. The school is for people who are physically challenged . Passed away About to die Senior citizen Physical disability

5. 2) We often use euphemism to raise the status of someone or something. His father works as a sanitary engineer. My father has a lot of free time because he is between jobs at the moment. Garbage collector Unemployed

6. The term "concentration camp," was once used to describe camps used to house civilian prisoners in close (concentrated) quarters, by the British during the Boer War, primarily because it sounded bland and inoffensive. After the Third Reich used the expression to describe its death camps, the term gained enormous negative connotation.