[leeoniya]

i believe the word you're looking for is "understatement", not "euphemism". also, link to original rant seems dead.

[CountHackulus]

No, it was also a euphemism: "It’s a tad long"

[leeoniya]

i'm not sure how this qualifies as a euphemism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understatement

[justncase80]

It's a dangling participle... heh 'dangling'.