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OverviewNow 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). Full Product DetailsAuthor: R.W. HolderPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9780198607625ISBN 10: 0198607628 Pages: 524 Publication Date: 01 January 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9780199208395 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsCONTENTS; AN EXPLANATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DICTIONARY OF EUPHEMISMS; THEMATIC INDEXReviewsThe Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms is a gold mine for anyone who enjoys words Writing Magazine Author InformationHaving seen something written by Bob Holder as a schoolboy, T. S. Eliot remarked 'That boy loves words'. This love of language underlies this new edition of A Dictionary of Euphemisms. Bob has lived in West Monkton, near Taunton, since 1951. He has worked for manufacturing companies in Ireland, Belgium, and North America in addition to those in the United Kingdom and has also held a number of public appointments. From 1974 to 1984 he was Treasurer of the University of Bath and remained a Pro-Chancellor until 1997. He is also the author of Thinking About Management (Warner, 1994). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |