Slang and Euphemism
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 516
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Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 516
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 1981-11-02
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780451149794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. W. Holder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-09-25
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 0199235171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a study of the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery and deceit. It dissects the human tendency to prefer vague, roundabout expressions rather than use words which are precise and disagreeably true.
Author: Judith S. Neaman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. W. Holder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such as 'Dutch uncle' or 'push up the daisies', as well as euphemisms from the contemporary world such as 'restructuring' and 'extrajudicial killing'. Definitions include examples from real authors, along with entertaining explanations of their origins. To prove that the use of euphemisms is not just a British speciality, there is widespread coverage of American euphemisms, too: for example, 'English' (pertaining to sexual deviance) and 'watermelon' (an indication of pregnancy). The A-Z organization of the text is complemented by a thematic index with short introductory articles on fruitful areas of euphemistic language such as business, sex, death, and the human body. How Not To Say What You Mean remains the most lively and authoritative guide to the language of evasion, hyprocrisy, prudery, and deceit.
Author: Hugh Rawson
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLists and defines euphemisms and includes many examples of usage.
Author: Hugh Rawson
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the perennially popular, witty and entertaining guidebook to thousands of linguistic fig leaves and intentionally vague terms that we all say, write and read every day to cushion the real meaning of what is intended--from Victorian examples like "delicate condition" to relatively recent inventions like "massage parlor" and "covert operation".
Author: Peter Nicholas Liptak
Publisher: Exile Press LLC
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0980197422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A Rat's Tail" dives into the intricacies of modern Korean slang introducing the hip, hot, spicy, and sexual, the irreverent and inspiring, the cultural, crass, and comical. This is the Korean not covered in the language books, full of color and infused with philosophy.
Author: Alan Richter
Publisher:
Published: 1993-05-07
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rich repertoire of sexual slang in this compendium offers fascinating clues to the sexual humor and taboos, perceptions and cultural biases, mores and sexual roles of English-speaking people in times past and present. It offers abundant evidence that language gives voice to the major concerns and preoccupations of the people who speak it. This book features more than 4,000 words, phrases, and quips that have or have had a sexual connotation; hundreds of quotations demonstrating how terms have been used by sources ranging from Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Blake to pop icons such as Lenny Bruce, Bette Midler and Madonna; terms in current use as well as archaic terms and how and when they were first used; 500 years of sexual slang from the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and South Africa; and full etymologies, explanations, and variations in usage from country to country and era to era.--[book jacket].
Author: R. W. Holder
Publisher: 교보문고
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe all use euphemisms every day. We speak of "full-figured" women. We "fudge" on our income tax. We step lively to avoid "horse apples"--and step even livelier in the grip of the "Aztec Two-step." We say that the dead have "bit the dust" or have been "promoted to glory." Now, in A Dictionary of Euphemisms, Revised Edition, R. W. Holder gives us an engaging volume that celebrates this human tendency to use mild, vague or roundabout expressions rather than those which are blunt, precise, and disagreeably true. Here are thousands of entertaining and informative entries that range from long-established circumlocutions such as "everlasting life," "the Grim Reaper," "powder room," and "house of ill repute," to recent coinages such as "odorously challenged" (smelly), "corporate entertainment" (bribery), "AMW - actress, model, whatever" (prostitute), "downsizing" (laying off workers), and "white-knuckler" (a commercial flight on a small aircraft). Arranged in alphabetical order, the Dictionary gives definitions, examples from real authors, and historical explanations where appropriate. Holder also includes an extensive bibliography and, equally important, a Thematic Index, so that readers can look up euphemistic words and expressions for Death, Mental Illness, Narcotics, Obesity, Poverty, and other topics. A Dictionary of Euphemisms is a browser's delight and an essential reference book for all lovers of language. Readers will find in it a captivating guide to the art of not saying what we mean.