Euphemistic language

Salam alaik,

The task given by my lecturer is euphemistic language. So these are a few euphemistic language that i took from the article in the Times magazine.

'I think that I would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country'

-SARAH PALIN, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate, discussing a possible bid for the presidency in 2012.

• The word 'absurd' used in the statement above is euphemistic language. It means 'ridiculous'.

'To me he just a fall guy'

-JOE JACKSON,father of the late pop singer Michael Jackson, on the involuntary manslaughter charge brought against physician Conrad Murray, right , for his role in the entertainer's death. Jackson claims his son was the victim of a wider conspiracy.

• The word fall a euphemistic language. It means Michael Jackson just a innocent guy.

'I deeply regret the pain that I have caused to my family, the ANC... and South Africans in general.

-JACOB ZUMA,South African president, apologizing for fathering a child out of wedlock. Zuma has three wives and is engaged to a fourth woman.

• 'The pain' word used in the statement above is explain about a big problem faced by Jacob Zuma, and the language use is euphemistic language.

John Avlon- explaining the origins of the birther movement on the Daily Beast:

"There's an inconvenient truth liberals are going to have to confront:...the birther conspiracy theory was first concocted by renegade members of the original Obama haters ... a splinter group of hard-core Hillary Clinton supporters who did not want to give up the ghost ... Wing nuts exist in both parties , wherever anger and absolution drive people to believe that their political opponents are their personal enemies."- 2/8/10

• The words inconvenient truth liberal means people make mistakes. And it is a euphemistic language.