Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms 4edition
This brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holders popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such as Dutch uncle or push up the daisies, as well as euphemisms from the contemporary world such as restructuring, coffee-housing, extrajudicial killing. Definitions include examples from real authors, along with entertaining explanations of their origins. To prove that the use of euphemisms is not just a British speciality, there is widespread coverage of American euphemisms, too: for example, English (pertaining to sexual deviance) and watermelon (an indication of pregnancy).
The A-Z organization of the text is complemented by a thematic index with short introductory articles on fruitful areas of euphemistic language such as business, sex, death, and the human body. This book remains the most lively and authoritative guide to the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit.
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