DISAGREEABLE TRUTH
Soldier. "Now, then! You must move away from here."
Rude Boy. "Ah! But you mustn't, old feller!"
Euphemistic.
Colonel. "I've never met with a smarter drill than yourself, sergeant, or one more thoroughly up to all his duties; but you've one most objectionable habit, and that is your constant use of bad language, and swearing at the men."
Sergeant. "Sir, perhaps I am a little sarcashtic!"