Alicewise's Fotothing

dysphemism;

–noun

1. the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
2. an expression so substituted



soporific;

\sop-uh-RIF-ik; soh-puh-\ , adjective;

1.Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep.
2.Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy.


noun:

1.A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.