Weasel words
Subtitle: the art of saying what you don't mean
By: by Mario Pei.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Vocabulary; Semantics; Mass media -- United States; Advertising -- United States
Description: Surveys intentionally misleading words and how they are used in radio, TV, advertising, the press and politics, and how they affect the process of language change.
Notes: Includes index.