A Dictionary of Euphemisms
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- Synopsis
- In addition to traditional favorites including to bite the dust, working girl, and powder room, includes such new circumlocutions as odorously challenged, downsizing, and white knuckler (flight on a small airplane). The entries explain the history and purpose of the coinage and give an example of its use. One criteria for inclusion is that the phrase once meant something else. A thematic index includes such entries as death, illness, narcotics, obesity, homosexuality, and urination.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 430 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199235179
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/09
- Copyrighted By:
- R. W. Holder
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Reference, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Digital Divide Data
- Proofread By:
- Digital Divide Data
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.