Why all the euphemisms? There are at least two dozen. What's wrong with the word dead? Dying is a fact of life, as it were, and doesn't need to be downplayed as if it's something shameful or disgusting.
I hope when I die, people will say I'm dead and not gone to my maker or bitten the dust or given up the ghost.
People are equally coy about the cause of death. Quite often no cause of death is given and it's anyone's guess what the person died of.
I can sort of understand why people don't name the cause of death as suicide or an overdose or anorexia, to avoid being blamed for not helping to keep the person alive, but again there's nothing shameful or disgusting about such disturbing causes of death, and with the best will in the world it's hard to stop someone being self-destructive.
Yes, sooner or later I'm going to kick the bucket and be pushing up the daisies. I might even die.
I don't really think it's my business how someone dies unless it's a family member and I should know for genetic reasons. We have euphemisms for many things in life, so I'm not bothered if someone wants to use a different term for death.
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