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Euphemania our love affair with euphemisms

Identifies the sources of common euphemisms while tracing their historical applications as religious anti-blasphemy tools, demonstrations of gentility, and modern forms of commercial and political doublespeak.

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Main Author: Keyes, Ralph
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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English language > Euphemism.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 251- 267) and index. 
505 0 |a Mincing words -- From bears to bowdlerism -- Speaking of sex -- Anatomy class -- Secretions and excretions -- Under the weather and In the ground -- Comestibles -- Show me the liquidity -- Words of war -- Brave new words -- Why we euphemize. 
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