03-15-2015, 10:00 PM
It means to replace a harsh word with a less harsh synonym.
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Sympathetic Magic
Now should your lungs freeze-seize,
from croop, cough, or sneeze,
call our good friend shem,
his name, it rhymes with phlegm.
"Phem" isn't even a word.
Words that rhyme with shem: ahem, brim, dim, fem, flim, gym, gem, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, mim, nim, quim, rim, slim, stem, trim, Tim vim, whim, zym.
dale
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Sympathetic Magic
Now should your lungs freeze-seize,
from croop, cough, or sneeze,
call our good friend shem,
his name, it rhymes with phlegm.
"Phem" isn't even a word.
Words that rhyme with shem: ahem, brim, dim, fem, flim, gym, gem, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, mim, nim, quim, rim, slim, stem, trim, Tim vim, whim, zym.
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.