Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words which are taboo for reasons connected with superstition: for example, calling the devil "Old Nick", "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb.
Euphemistic circumlocution is also used to avoid saying "unlucky words"--words, "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is the proverb. These words are taboo for reasons. These reasons are connected with superstition: for example. Superstition is calling the devil "Old Nick".