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Euphemisms: Over 3,000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence
Euphemisms Over 3000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence
Author: John Ayto
Euphemism is the art of avoiding giving offence. It is possible to minimize the obvious by calling someone cuddly or junoesque when they are actually fat; to disguise the actual truth, extermination becomes the less unpleasant ethnic-cleansing; and large-scale redundancies become restructuring. John Ayto's wide-ranging study shows how the appare...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780747512943
ISBN-10: 0747512949
Publication Date: 9/2/1993
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Book Type: Hardcover
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