HOW NOT TO SAY WHAT YOU MEAN: A DICTIONARY OF EUPHEMISMS.
Edition: 4TH ED.
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: OXFORD
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 410
Description: This brand new edition of R.W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favorites as well as widespread coverage of American and British euphemisms in areas such as business, sex, death, and the human body. Includes definitions, examples, and origins of the euphemisms, a thematic index, and short introductory essays.