1 A euphemism is a polite way of saying something more unpleasant or taboo. 2  Euphemism often minimizes the discomfort the speaker feels with the subject at hand, and makes it more palatable by lessening the extremity of the situation. 3  Meiosis âMeiosis is a combination of understatement and euphemism.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a member of the Democratic Party, took office as the 32nd President of the United States on March 4, 1933 at age 51. Roosevelt served in office for 12 years and 1 month and died in office from cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Hyde Park, NY and received an education from Harvard University.
How FDR created todayâs Republican Party. Former Democrats like Rick Perry dominate the GOP. The breakdown of the New Deal coalition explains why. Call him Frankenstein Delano Roosevelt. Americaâs only four-term president is the real, if inadvertent, founder of todayâs Republican Party, not Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president.