youthemism
youthemism noun: a euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
Noun
youthemism (plural youthemisms)
- A euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
- We should seek to convert the American from the search for cosmetic "youthemisms" for growing old such as "Golden Agers" to acceptance of old age's vicissitudes, inevitability, and pleasures. The union program for the laborer begins with the ...1960, Ruth Margaret White, Library Service to an Aging Population: An Institute
- FRIG: A “youthemism” to be used only when little old ladies are present. Considered a little ...2000, Marv Rubinstein, Net-wit.com: A Smorgasbord of E-mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Wooly Life, Schreiber Pub, →ISBN, page 219
Forms of youthemism
| plural | youthemisms |
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Origin of youthemism
Blend of youth + euphemism.
Questions about youthemism
- What does youthemism mean?
- Youthemism means a euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
- What part of speech is youthemism?
- Youthemism is a noun.
- What is the plural of youthemism?
- The plural of youthemism is youthemisms.
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