Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms
by R. W. Holder
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This 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', 'coffee-housing','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 show more is widespread coverage of American euphemisms, too: for example, 'English' (pertaining to sexualdeviance) 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. This book remains the most lively andauthoritative guide to the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit. show lessTags
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Con bibliografia e indice tematico. Ha tra le sue fonti testi dal 1500 al 1984, e soprattutto autori popolari oggi (ad es. Follett, Clancy, ecc.) Desiderabile per traduzioni letterarie, e non solo. Interessante!
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