One concept I would say needed further discussion would be the difference between Euphemisms and Up-players. I don’t really understand if there is a difference. When I looked at the two different definitions, Euphemism sounded pretty vague; “A Euphemism is a word or phrase that makes something sound better than a neutral description.” When it says “something” that could be referring to a claim, a statement, or really any words put together. The exact definition of an up-player provided on the blog is, “An up-player exaggerates the significance of a claim.” I believe both of these definitions are too vague to distinguish between each other. I also think that if you were to qualify something as an up-player or euphemism it would all be subjective to you and your experiences. I researched these terms and I did not find anywhere where it said that these terms can be qualified by each individual and if there were to be a strict guideline that would cross the board would be not even possible because it is subject to the interpreters decision.
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