Miss kelly
list 7 words: terrorist,guerrilla,freedom fighter
These words really make you think when they used simply because they are all the same however just using one of these words sets a picture in your head. e.g When hearing terrorist it sets an image of a person who wants to hurt you however in their eyes they are freedom fighters, using a different word will set an image of the locals depending on which side you are on of a war or just how you want them to be protrade. In ww2 The french freedom fighters/ guerrillas would of been made out to be in a strugggle to surivie and everyone would care however if a nazi paper wrote about the french in ww2 they would of been refered to as terrorist because their challanging their beliefs. Also each word has different connotations to it, A freedom fighter makes you believe hes a horroic fighter who stands up for what he beileves in. A guerrilla makes you think of a organised force who fight to help their side win, they are looked like a little army fighting in enemy territory. Using guerrilla doesnt make you think you have joined for choice it makes you believe they were forced to join. Terrorst makes you believe that their out to kill.All three words are the same meaning however using them gives a different spin on the person or people described.
List 3 words: boy,man,gentleman,male,lad
These word again mean different but in literal terms mean the same thing but each word gives different descriptions. The word lad gives of a guy whos all about his mates and trys to be funny and can be used as a describing word, when you compare it to male or boy they are the same but beacuse of their attitudes and how people look at them it changes how their veiwed. Gentleman and lad in literal terms are the same however by the way they act and veiwed.Gentleman is believed to treat women nicely and are polite the word lad give a veiw of someone acting silly. These words used change mean when their used as they describe different types of males. depending on how their used, thought of and the class also other aspects such as money and power effect how these words being used.
Euphemism
Friendly fire : This is normally used in a war zone when someone begins to shot at his teammate without knowing its them. This would be used from a soilder and normally never used by anyone else
To powder ones noise: used by an older generation this has a double meaning as it used to cover up the fact they are going to the toilet, however they could infact powder their noise
To sleep with someone: This mean sex but its used to try and make it more romantic and better than sex its a better term used but hints at the fact they did what they did.
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