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(Or would Americans just think of Republicans vs Democrats in Congress?) #17: Try 'dysphemism, dysphemistic' in analogy with 'to euphemize'.— RealClimate
* Quite possibly a dysphemism for the Asherah of Samaria.
Depending which way the economic wind is blowing, they demand more subprime lending, or curbs on subprime lending, which through the magic of dysphemism, is linguistically transformed into "predatory lending."— The American Spectator
Ustashe in '41 wanted all of bosnia; croatian and serb partisans wanted bosnia to be federal republic of yugoslavia. there was no reason to break up bosnia no more than there is a reason to break up switzerland. neither france nor germany had agitated for breakup of switzerland. canada, UK, US, france, russia have always suported serbs as either the master folk or in their quest for greater serbia. the volte face towards serbia happened in' 94 when US rethinks the situation and sees that it can get slovenia, macedonia, kosovo, montenegro, and croatia onside and eventually serbia as well. the word "balkanization" is a dysphemism and a massive distort of reality and a futile deterrant to rightful independence of yugoslav republics. thnx— Dissident Voice
More reliable sources, however, tend to agree that if you'll allow me a minor dysphemism, the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist if we don't supply the missing ingredient that could stop the nationwide slide into misoneism.— Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
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