Euphemize vs Fart - What's the difference?
euphemize | fart |
To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
* 1999 , A. J. Meier, "When Is a Woman a Lady?" American Speech , vol. 74, no. 1, p. 63:
To describe or refer to by using one or more euphemisms.
* 1857 , , Two Years Ago , ch. 2:
(informal, mildly, vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
* 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
(informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
* , II.12:
(colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.
(colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart ") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
As verbs the difference between euphemize and fart
is that euphemize is to utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically while fart is (informal|mildly|vulgar) to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.As a noun fart is
(informal) an emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.euphemize
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Alternative forms
* euphemiseVerb
- There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question.
- The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from "decomposing animal matter," as we euphemise it now-a-days.
Derived terms
* euphemizer/euphemiser * euphemization/euphemisationReferences
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fart
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(wikipedia fart)Verb
(en verb)- I fart with twenty ladies by;
- They call me beast; and what care I?
Synonyms
* beef * blow off * break wind * cut one loose * cut the cheese * flatulate * guff * have gas * let one rip * pass gas * pass wind * poot * step on a duck * step on a frog * toot * blown bowel bugle * trouser cough (waste time with aimless activities) futz, fool around, fool about * See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart , for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad.
