| Reviews |
| - 'The Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms is a gold mine for anyone who enjoys words' - Writing Magazine
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| Description | | - Now in paperback, A Dictionary of Euphemisms: How Not To Say What You Mean
is still as lively and shocking as ever
- Contains old favourites such as 'early bath' (dismissal from a game) or 'push up the daisies' (to die), as well as euphemisms from modern times, like 'human sacrifice' (the dismissal of employees) and 'coffee-housing' (cheating at cards)
- Definitions are backed up by examples from real authors, along with historical explanations of origins
- Fully comprehensive, it includes euphemisms that are now obsolete ('leaping house' - a brothel, 'nightingale' - a police informer)
- Widespread coverage of American euphemisms as well as British, and the country of origin is stated if not British
| Now in paperback, this brand new edition of A Dictionary of Euphemisms: How Not To Say What You Mean
is still as lively a guide to the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit as you could wish for. Packed full of the old favourites, such as 'early bath' or 'push up the daisies', as well as euphemisms from modern times, like 'human sacrifice', 'coffee-housing', and
'tuft-hunter'.
Definitions include examples from literature and the press, along with historical explanations of origins, and now obsolete euphemisms like 'leaping house', 'nightingale' are signposted as such. And to prove that the use of euphemisms is not just a British speciality, there is widespread coverage of American euphemisms too: 'English' (pertaining to sexual deviance), 'watermelon'
(an indication of pregnancy).
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Readership: General trade; those with an interest in language and humour in language.
| Contents |
Contents
An Explanation
Bibliography
Dictionary of Euphemisms
Thematic Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
R. W. Holder
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