Name  ___________

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Asher is frequently chastised for using imprecise language:

"Jonas was careful about language. Not like is friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were often unrecognizable and often very funny " (3).

This presents an ironic contrast to the vocabulary used by the community which employs many euphemisms.

In the list below write the less unfavorable or alternate definition beside the euphemism.

 

Euphemism                                                          Alternate definition

 

Released (2)

 

Feelings (4)

 

Animals (5)

 

Nurturer (7)

 

Stirrings (37)

 

Replacement child (44)

 

Assignments (49)