I call a spade "A spade" and I was frowned at..

India
January 12, 2007 8:26am CST
Calling a spade as a spade will not work. The straight forwardness should be mellowed and softened.Euphemisms are to be used.Instead of saying Mahatma Gandhi died,decency calls for a mellowed word,"Mahatma Gandhi passed away". Can you recall some incidents in your life?
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SIVAKUMARVDM
@SIVAKUMARVDM (399)
• India
12 Jan 07
To refer or call a embarrassing or unpleasant we use euphemism. It is better to call a prison as retraining centre. It makes people very comfortable. Now a days we use"office assistant" in the place of the word "peon", and it makes them to feel good atleast with the word.