Feeling that the word impotence had perjorative implications, a scientific panel last week suggested replacing it with a more neutral term, erectile dysfunction. Such coinages seem to be becoming increasingly common. Some other real and fanciful euphemetamophisms of ordinary language:
San Andreas Fault
San Andreas special characteristic
Christmas Cards
High-quality social-expression products
Defeated Candidates
Electorally slighted
Phone Sex
Nonspatial relations
Alcoholics
People of stupor
Bad Writing
Syntactically different
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