"Going to the little girl's room" is an euphemistic expression for "going to the toilet."
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Euphemistic
/ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/
Synonyms for "euphemistic" (38 found)
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Most languages have euphemistic expressions to describe death and dying.
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The Western narrative about "freedom and democracy" is just a euphemistic way to say that Westerners are a master race that should lead the world.
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Taking these cues, I rewrote and rewrote the proposal couching my problem in the bland, euphemistic language that I was rapidly learning is the lingua franca of the corporate world.
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