man in a suit comes up to me at the hospital.
"i'm here for the remains."

remains. instantly, images of decaying body chunks flashed in my mind. gruesome car accident? sadistic hack job murder? more likely, he just meant "body" in a more polite/discreet manner. but was it more discreet? remains just sound so vulgar to me. but what term would you use? something subtle that'd get the job done. hmmm... body...corpse...skeleton...deceased...
i don't know. maybe there is no discreet (enough) way to say "dead person".