There may be no more-radioactive term in the English language than what we now almost always refer to as the 'n-word' - itself a coy means of linguistic sidestepping that is a sign of how perilous it is to utter the thing in full, even in conversations about language.
What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.
Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.
Liquor is not a necessity. It is a means of momentarily sidestepping necessity.