How Not To Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms - Hardcover

Holder, R. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199208395 ISBN 13: 9780199208395

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2007

Synopsis

Edition Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-19-860402-5. HARDBACK. 522 pages, size: 13.6 x 20.3 x 4.4 cm. Just light tan to paper edges. Other than that, the new and unread book remains in excellent condition: Dust cover intact; cloth bound hard cover bright with gilt lettering on spine; text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.

About this title

Synopsis:

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' and '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 is widespread coverage of American euphemisms, too: for example, 'English' (pertaining to sexual deviance) 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. How Not To Say What You Mean remains the most lively and authoritative guide to the language of evasion, hyprocrisy, prudery, and deceit.

About the Author:

R. W. Holder is a business executive and life-long lover of words. The director of numerous companies, he speaks several languages, and travels widely. He is also the author of Thinking About Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199208395
• ISBN 13: 9780199208395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 432