dysphemize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
dysphem(ism) + -ize
Verb[edit]
dysphemize (third-person singular simple present dysphemizes, present participle dysphemizing, simple past and past participle dysphemized)
- (rare, transitive) To describe in dysphemisms.
- 2005, Elliot D. Cohen, News incorporated:
- As applied to the Internet, Portland calls it "open access," while AT&T dysphemizes it as "forced access."
- 2008 March 23, William Safire, “Mulligan Primary”, in New York Times[1]:
- Or will the Democratic convention treat the breathlessly watching nation to a credentials fight — dysphemized as a train wreck?