quietus
- n euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- As the afternoon wore on, quietus got an "o," badinage became batonage, and a youngster blurted g-y-r-o-c .
- Wisconsin had fired the first shot against Texas when the Wisconsin Real Estate Board put a quietus on some Texans who were hawking Rio Grande valley land through the Wisconsin .
- Not far out, however, his reveries of picturesque quietus were interrupted by a slight sting on his shoulder.