Certain words just sound worse than others. My mother had “it”, and although the entire community was davening for her, the word “cancer” was not bandied about, more like, not well, needs a refuah etc.(She passed away at 50 r”l)
As a divorcee, I much prefer “single mom”, and instead of “my ex”, I’d rather say “the children’s father”,it’s hard to explain, just that words have harsher and softer sounds.
On the topic of “yene machla”, I am approaching my mom’s age (a few years away), so I will accept all blessings to live a long and healthy life!