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For a list of words that are used as euphemisms, see the Euphemism category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Other common euphemisms include:
bathroom for toilet room (the word toilet was itself originally a euphemism). This is an Americanism. Also dropping the kids off at the pool
"having sex, getting it on, doing it, pigskin bus pulling into tuna town or sleeping with for having sexual intercourse with
motion discomfort bag and air-sickness bag for vomit bag
sanitary landfill for garbage dump (and a temporary garbage dump is a transfer station)
pre-owned vehicles for used cars
the big C for cancer (in addition, some people whisper the word when they say it in public, and doctors have euphemisms to use in front of patients, e.g. "c.a." and "neoplasm")
bathroom tissue, t.p., or bath tissue for toilet paper (Usually used by toilet paper manufacturers)
kicked the bucket, went to a better place, went to heaven/god, ........ for 'death'
custodian for janitor (also originally a euphemism—in Latin, it means doorman.)
sanitation worker/engineer for "garbage man"
Where can I wash my hands? or Where can I powder my nose? for Where can I find a toilet?. (This is also an Americanism. If this question is asked in Europe to someone not used to American habits the person who asks the question might actually end up at a place where there is only a washbasin and not at a place equipped according to their needs. On the other hand, Americans might find the more direct question rude if asked by Europeans who don't know about this euphemism.)
do the collars match the cuffs? for "do you dye your hair?"
A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener that the word or phase it replaces.
Euphemisms are often used to hide unpleasant or disturbing ideas, even when the literal term for them is not necessarily offensive.
The practice of using euphemisms for death is likely to have originated with the belief [3] that to speak the word 'death' was to invite death (where to "draw Death's attention" is the ultimate bad-fortune -- a common theory holds that death is a taboo subject in most English-speaking cultures for precisely this reason).
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