John Leo offers up some nice "euphamisms and upscale name changes." Here are a few:

Comparative ads: attack ads
Traffic-calming road insertions: speed bumps
In-depth interrogation: torture
Visual harassment: staring
Derivative passages: plagiarism
Verbal abuse: criticism
Abductees (in Sudan): slaves
Tribal chief: swarthy, non-English-speaking leader you admire
Warlord: swarthy, non-English-speaking leader you do not admire
Self-sacrifice bombers: suicide bombers
Cultural genocide: correcting a pupil's nonstandard English
Multicultural issues editor: censor
Psychological violence: disapproval
Creating personal accounts: privatizing Social Security
Unpaid sex worker: wife
Sexual service provider: paid sex worker, hooker
Death tax: inheritance tax
Pregnancy-related services: abortion
Action figures: dolls for boys
Spouse equivalent: lover
Polyamory: wild promiscuity
Nontraditional sex: perversions
Hemp activist: pot promoter
Problem-plagued: drug-addled
Post-verdict response: riot
Uprising: a riot you approve of
Granted "access" to my body (Boston clerical term): had sex with a young male
Occupant restraints: seat belts
Race-sensitive programs: preferences, quotas
Faith-based organizations: religious organizations
Deer management: shooting all the deer
Activity intolerance: lower back pain
Economic profiling: getting turned down for a loan because of a poor credit rating
Made possible by: We don't take advertising, but here comes an ad anyway
Relationship manager: salesperson
Persistency specialist: bill collector
Tactical pricing: panicky price cuts
Mainstreaming (journalese): quoting one member of every race, gender, orientation and ethnic group in all news reports, even ones about ailing turtles, bad weather or Martha Stewart
Lifestyle and fitness competition: Miss America's swimsuit competition
The (nongendered) monarchy, the power and the glory: the (patriarchal) kingdom, the power and the glory
Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Involuntary normal attrition: laying off workers
Managing down: laying off workers
Rightsizing: laying off workers
Job survivor: person not yet rightsized, attrited or managed down