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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Euphemisms".
- catalog contributor b8541506.
- catalog contributor b8541507.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [xi]-xix) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xix, 470 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Dictionary of euphemisms.".
- catalog identifier "0198692757".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dictionary of euphemisms.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Dictionary of euphemisms.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Americanisms Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Euphemism Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Synonyms and antonyms.".
- catalog subject "English language Terms and phrases.".
- catalog subject "English language United States Euphemism Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "PE1449 .H548 1995".
- catalog subject "R427.09 HOL".
- catalog title "A dictionary of euphemisms / R.W. Holder.".
- catalog title "Euphemisms".
- catalog type "Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "Terms and phrases. fast".
- catalog type "text".