The Evasion-English dictionary
By: Maggie Balistreri
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Melville House Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: English language -- Euphemism -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries.; Humor
Description: The Evasion-English Dictionary is a wicked collection of euphemisms in contemporary speech. A taxonomy of the vexing "like" and "whatever" feature categories of these crutch words, revealing the words' variety and possibilities for manipulation.