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Euphemism for “a person one really detests / hates”?

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Is there a word to mean "a person one really detests / hates"? The word "bastard" may be a good fit, but I'm looking for something though forceful, is not vulgar.
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Euphemism for “non-useful”

I was just about to tell someone how something "wouldn't really be much useful" if they leave it the way it is — which is like a much more polite version of useless, but I just couldn't find the word. ...
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Is there a word to describe female between 'girl' and 'woman'?

I've been trying to find a word that describes someone that's older than a 'girl' but not yet a 'woman'. It seems the connotation of girl is an immature female that's still growing up. Whereas a woman ...
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Is there a term for a euphemistic term being used literally?

Is there a term for using a word that's often a euphemism to mean exactly what the word means? For example, in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, what would the act of using the word "seamstress" to refer ...