nice-nellyism
or nice-Nel·ly·ism
[nahys-nel-ee-iz-uh m]
- excessive modesty; prudishness.
- a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and nice-nellyisms.
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Origin of nice-nellyism
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