The Only Use of
euphemism
in
The Great Gatsby
- She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented "place" that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village — appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing.†
p. 107.4euphemisms = words or phrases that serve as less harsh or less offensive ways of saying unpleasant things
Definition:
a word or phrase that serves as a less harsh or less offensive way of saying something unpleasant -- such as "passed away" rather than "died"