Euphemisms

By John Ayto

Book Overview

Euphemism is the art of avoiding giving offence. It is possible to minimize the obvious by calling someone cuddly or junoesque when they are actually fat; to disguise the actual truth, extermination... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747518041
• ISBN13: 9780747518044
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.