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Author Holder, R. W.

Title A dictionary of euphemisms / R.W. Holder
Edition Revised edition
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
1995

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Description xix, 470 pages ; 25 cm
Summary There's an art to not saying what you mean, and A Dictionary Of Euphemisms investigates our all too common tendency to prefer vague or roundabout expressions to words which are blunt, precise, and often disagreeably true. Whey else do we say 'bijou', 'house of ill repute', and 'corporate entertainment', when what we really mean is 'inconveniently small', 'brothel', and 'bribery'? Let A Dictionary of Euphemisms be your guide to the language of prudery, evasion, and deceit. Filled with thousands of quotations, definitions, derivations, and historical explanations, this dictionary offers compulsive browsing combined with essential reference
Analysis English language Slang
Dictionaries
English language
English language Slang
Language and nomenclature
Overseas item
Notes Originally published: A dictionary of American and British Euphemisms : Bath University Press, 1987
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [xi]-xix) and index
Subject English language -- Euphemism -- Dictionaries.
English language -- Euphemisms -- Dictionaries
English language -- Synonyms and antonyms.
English language -- Synoyns and antonyms
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- United States -- Euphemisms -- Dictionaries
Euphemism -- Dictionaries.
Euphemism.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Author Holder, R. W. Faber dictionary of euphemisms
LC no. 96014365
ISBN 0192800515
0198692757
Other Titles Euphemisms
OTHER TI A dictionary of American & British euphemisms
The Faber dictionary of euphemisms
Other Titles Euphemisms