Sunday, February 24, 2013

Euphemism:
A more agreeable or less unpleasant substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.


Example:




Explanation:
In this the Defense refers to murder, as "involuntary assisted suicide". The purpose of this is to make something that is considered bad, sound less awful, euphemisms make things sound better than they really are, which is what the prosecutor is accusing the defense attorney of doing in this comic.

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