EcoEclipse said:
runtheplacered said:
EcoEclipse said:
runtheplacered said:
EcoEclipse said:
Cheesus333 said:
Chuck Norris found another word for synonym.
Alternate, substitute, alternative, equivalent, euphemism.
I guess I'm Chuck, then?
Nope. None of those words mean the word "Synonym". You'd have to put the word "word" at the end of each of those, in order to have the same definition as synonym. "Alternate word". "Substitute word". "Alternative word". "equivalent word".
This may or may not be valid, but having "euphemism" in that list proves you wrong.
Huh? Euphemism is the word that fits the least (hence that's the one I decided to not mention). Euphemism means to try and say something offensive in a nonoffensive way.
Or as Merriam-Webster says, "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant"
Nothing to do with synonym's. Euphemism's also have to do with expressions in general, and not single words, although obviously an expression could potentially be a single word.
On the contrary, a euphemism for a word can be considered a synonym. (BS is the same thing as bullshit, y'know?) In this sense, euphemism is indeed a synonym for synonym.
I'd like to agree with you, but I just can't. Euphemism isn't as simple as "just a synonym", because a euphemism is an expression, not a single word. A great example would be saying that somebody "passed on" instead of "they're dead". That's not a synonym, but it is a euphemism.
I urge you to check dictionary.com or merriam webster if you don't believe me. But, there really isn't a lot of room for argument here. It's pretty cut and dry what the difference is.