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A Dictionary of Euphemisms (Oxford Paperback Reference) Paperback - 2008 - 4th Edition

by Holder, R. W


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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. New to this edition are over 250 new entries and fourteen introductory articles on major themes in euphemistic language, such as business, sex, death, and the human body. The book includes an extensive thematic index which groups words together under topics such as Age, Bankruptcy, Bribery, Copulation, Funerals, Killing and Suicide, Low Intelligence, Politics, and Warfare. From "five-fingered discount" to "surgical strike," here is a wonderful collection of colorful words and phrases that allow us to avoid life's unpleasantness, as well as add spice and humor to our everyday speech.

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  • Title A Dictionary of Euphemisms (Oxford Paperback Reference)
  • Author Holder, R. W
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 4th
  • Edition 4
  • Pages 432
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2008-10
  • ISBN 9780199235179

About the author


R. W. Holder is a business executive and life-long lover of words. The director of numerous companies, he speaks several languages, and travels widely. He is also the author of Thinking About Management.
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