A dictionary of euphemisms : how not to say what you mean / R.W. Holder.
TITLE:
A dictionary of euphemisms : how not to say what you mean / R.W. Holder.
Alternate Title:
Oxford dictionary of euphemisms
Former Title:
How not to say what you mean
By:
Publication Date:
2008, 1995
Publication Information:
Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press,
Edition:
4th ed.
Physical Description:
410 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
This thoroughly updated paperback marks 20 years of R. W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms, offering a delightful collection of jocular and evasive expressions for sex, death, murder, crime, prison, and much more. Here are almost five thousand euphemistic expressions listed in alphabetical order, ranging from well-known favorites to less amusing expressions from the bureaucratic and military world. For each word or expression, Holder includes examples from real authors, along with entertaining explanations of the word's origins and meaning.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780199235179
General Note:
Originally published: as How not to say what you mean.
