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youthemisms

youthemisms is the plural of youthemism.

Meaning of youthemism

Noun

youthemism (plural youthemisms)

  1. (rare, slang) 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

Questions about youthemisms

What is youthemisms the plural of?
Youthemisms is the plural of youthemism.

Words near youthemisms in the dictionary

  1. youth workers
  2. youth-centric
  3. youth-on-age
  4. youthe
  5. youthemism
  6. youthemisms
  7. youthen
  8. youthened
  9. youthening
  10. youthenise
  11. youthenised

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