She was being "debriefed", a euphemistic term for mind-laundry.

The euphemistic term comes from the British English definition of a closet as a small private room.

There may be some connection also with the roll-lock, a form of Sliding knife, given the euphemistic term rollock or rollocking (see below).

There are also euphemistic terms such as sleeping together or birds and the bees.

Many modern confectioners make barley candy without barley allowing the name to become a euphemistic term.

In the past, reasons for changing clubs have been couched in euphemistic terms, such as the need for a fresh challenge.

Most can be worded in vague, euphemistic terms that convey the gist without delving into coprological detail.

Recently the term "faltering growth" has become a popular replacement for "failure to thrive", which in the minds of some represents a more euphemistic term.

Mr President, international protection is a coded and euphemistic term for asylum.