--- title: Euphemisms — how Mova does at school description: The euphemisms course of Mova's primary school as its small model took the tests: 199 of 521 right (38.2%), 42 lessons, each test with the student's choice, the right answer and why. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / Euphemisms # Euphemisms The soft words English uses for hard things: death, illness, the toilet, the body, age, weight, pregnancy and birth — said politely, officially, as a joke and as slang. The course teaches Mova that what is said is not always what is meant. **Tests:** 199 of 521 right (38.2%) · plain 49 of 126 · ★ 132 of 333 · ★★ 10 of 24 · ★★★ 8 of 38 · exam 63 of 168 · **Controls:** all red · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` **The controls**, each to be below the real 199 of 521: no lesson 138 of 521 — red; questions shuffled 147 of 521 — red; key sentences removed 152 of 521 — red. **The guessers:** the longest option 166 of 521; the first option shown 138 of 521. The lessons sentence by sentence: [the course in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/) — Soft words for hard things: death and dying — 2 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/) — Soft words for hard things: death and dying — 7 of 12 right · exam 4 of 4 · ★ - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/) — Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body — 2 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/) — Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body — 7 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/) — Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body — 5 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/) — Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions — 4 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/) — Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions — 2 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/8-toilets-and-getting-older/) — Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions and age and looks — 4 of 13 right · exam 1 of 4 - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/) — Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight — 6 of 13 right · exam 0 of 4 - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/) — Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth — 4 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/) — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth — 5 of 13 right · exam 3 of 4 · ★ - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/) — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family — 7 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/) — Soft words for hard things: relations and family — 7 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/) — Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour — 6 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/) — Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers — 4 of 13 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/16-school-reports/) — Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers — 8 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/) — Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets — 2 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/) — Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty — 4 of 12 right · exam 4 of 4 · ★ - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/) — Soft words for hard things: money and poverty — 4 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/) — Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/) — Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy — 6 of 13 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/) — Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising — 3 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/) — Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin — 1 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/24-government-spin/) — Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin — 5 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/) — Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence — 2 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/) — Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence — 6 of 14 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/) — Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police — 7 of 13 right · exam 3 of 4 · ★ - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/) — Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty — 7 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/) — Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs — 7 of 13 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/) — Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs — 6 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/) — Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate — 7 of 13 right · exam 1 of 4 - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/) — Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes — 5 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/33-failure-and-mistakes/) — Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/) — Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/) — Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupidity and madness — 5 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/36-dim-and-round-the-bend/) — Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness — 5 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/) — Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing — 5 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/) — Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing — 2 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/) — Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing — 4 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/) — Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing — 4 of 14 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★★ - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ — 2 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/) — Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ — 2 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ - ← previous: [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/) - next →: [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) - ↑ back to [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/)