Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words which are taboo for reasons connected with superstition: for example, calling the devil "Old Nick", "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb.
For example, calling the devil "Old Nick", "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb. Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words which are taboo for reasons connected with superstition.
Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words which are taboo for reasons connected with superstition. For example, calling the devil "Old Nick", "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb.
Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words which are taboo for reasons connected with superstition. For example, calling the devil "Old Nick", "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb.