Dictionary of Euphemisms
- ISBN-10
- 0199235171
- ISBN-13
- 9780199235179
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-25
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- R. W. Holder
Description
The popular and lively guide to the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit. Organized in A-Z format, with thematic index - and now including short articles on fruitful areas of euphemistic language, such as business and commerce, death, sex, and the human body.
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