Here’s an example from me
If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them
spoiler
a regime
Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?
Here’s an example from me
If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them
a regime
Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?
I don’t disagree (that we should get what we paid for), but I think that term is meant to imply that beneficiaries of these programs are spoiled brats. Its idiotic, but then so is our politics. The distinction between ‘entitled’ and ‘self-entitled’ I think is way too fine a point for our national discourse.