EUPHEMISM
- The HR department advises using the euphemism let go instead of saying that someone was fired.
- a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is described or referred to by a milder term [n -S]
- is an agreeable or inoffensive word or phrase that is used instead of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
- A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing