Abstract:The article examines the ways in which humour twists regular euphemism use. Based on the classical fields of
euphemisms anchored in religion, aesthetics, social politics, and amorality, it identifies the characteristics of their twisted
variants with a humorous component: playing-with-fire euphemisms that jocosely provoke supernatural forces, innuendo euphemisms
that entertain, mocking euphemisms that make fun of others in a teasing or demeaning way, and idealistic euphemisms that uncover
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