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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Keyes, Ralph.     Subjects     English language -- Euphemism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Keyes, Ralph.       by title:      Euphemania : our lov...         MARC Display

Euphemania : our love affair with euphemisms / Ralph Keyes. by Keyes, Ralph. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2010. Subjects English language -- Euphemism. Electronic Resource http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010025983-b.html Electronic Resource http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010025983-d.html ISBN:  9780316056564 0316056561 Description:  279 p. ; 22 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 423.1 Ke Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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