Dysphemistic in a sentence as an adjective

For a dysphemistic treadmill: "bleeding edge" was originally satire about the pain of being "past the cutting edge", but it gets used sincerely to describe new projects and even advertise startups. At this point it's so unremarkable that Programming Sucks had to use "hemorrhaging edge" to get the same effect.

Dysphemistic definitions

adjective

substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"

See also: offensive