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Examples
bullshit for lies or nonsense (compare euphemism: fib) worm food or kick the bucket for death (compare euphemisms: passed away, no longer with us) shrink for psychiatrist crapper or (British) bog for toilet (compare euphemism: bathroom) dead tree edition for the paper version of a publication that can be found online snail mail for traditional postal mail fry for capital punishment by electric chair boneyard for a cemetery Any English pejorative might be used

Examples

bullshit for lies or nonsense (compare euphemism: fib)
worm food or kick the bucket for death (compare euphemisms: passed away, no longer with us)
shrink for psychiatrist
crapper or (British) bog for toilet (compare euphemism: bathroom)
dead tree edition for the paper version of a publication that can be found online
snail mail for traditional postal mail
fry for capital punishment by electric chair
boneyard for a cemetery
Any English pejorative might be used

dysphemism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dysphemisms)

(uncountable) The use of a derogatory, offensive or vulgar word or phrase to replace a (more) neutral original.
(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

use of a derogatory or vulgar word to replace a neutral one

Word or phrase used to replace another in this way