The Euphemism Generator

In third year linguistics I wrote a report on swearing and euphemisms. I got a B+ for my efforts. It was really a fun paper to write I even used George Carlen as a source.
It’s no everyday you see Carlen and Freud cited in the same report.

What I found interesting was how words that are euphemisms become vulgar and then we need need euphemisms.
Take the word ‘Arse’ for an example, this was considered to be vulgar and the euphemism ‘Ass’ was used instead. Today the roles have reversed, ‘Ass’ is seen as the vulgar and many people will use ‘Arse’ as a euphemism.

Question regarding grammar, why is it a euphemism and not an euphemism?

why is it a euphemism and not an euphemism?

I always thought it was because the sound produced was that of a consonant for the glide "j". Transcribing it would be "jufmzm" (I'm skipping syllabic stresses here.)

I got messed up after my English teacher told the class that it was "an hotel."

So I finally solved it, it because euphemism is spelt with two vowels at the beginning of the word. And this is apparently a grammatical law in English.

I asked a friend and he told me he learnt it from a stand-up comedian. Can’t remember which comedian mentioned it, but he was the guy that made the remark about WWJB (what would Jesus do bracelets).

Just another story of how comedians are filled with a wealth of knowledge.