Download or read book In Other Words A Thesaurus of Euphemisms written by Judith & Silver Carole Neaman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Other Words written by Judith S. Neaman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kind Words written by Judith S. Neaman and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1985 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Euphemisms Other Doubletalk written by Hugh Rawson and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1981 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists and defines euphemisms and includes many examples of usage.
Download or read book Dictionary of Euphemisms written by R. W. Holder and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery and deceit. It dissects the human tendency to prefer vague, roundabout expressions rather than use words which are precise and disagreeably true.
Download or read book Rawson s Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk written by Hugh Rawson and published by Crown. This book was released on 1995 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the perennially popular, witty and entertaining guidebook to thousands of linguistic fig leaves and intentionally vague terms that we all say, write and read every day to cushion the real meaning of what is intended--from Victorian examples like "delicate condition" to relatively recent inventions like "massage parlor" and "covert operation".
Download or read book How Not to Say what You Mean written by R. W. Holder and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 'extrajudicialkilling'. 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 andauthoritative guide to the language of evasion, hyprocrisy, prudery, and deceit.
Download or read book Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things written by Linda Berdoll and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a loss for words, hockey puck? You can always quote Shakespeare... Or delve into this entertaining compendium of insults and verbal abuse, all couched in language of the most uplifting nature. Filled with common and not-so-common zingers that will both shock you and make you laugh your @$$! off. Includes: Exactly how to address individual mounds of foul, undigested lumps of donkey entrails That "F"-ing word and other intensives Many, many ways to refer to the part that goes over the fence last More euphemisms, synonyms, phrases and descriptions than you knew existed for sexual activities, proclivities, untoward incidents, accidents of nature and the beast with two backs Addressing the mentally incompetent, the cerebrally challenged, the absurdly bureaucratic, the impossibly rational and other instances of ineptitude, obfuscation or obstruction and much more!
Download or read book Euphemania written by Ralph Keyes and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did die become kick the bucket, underwear become unmentionables, and having an affair become hiking the Appalachian trail? Originally used to avoid blasphemy, honor taboos, and make nice, euphemisms have become embedded in the fabric of our language. Euphemania traces the origins of euphemisms from a tool of the church to a form of gentility to today's instrument of commercial, political, and postmodern doublespeak. As much social commentary as a book for word lovers, Euphemania is a lively and thought-provoking look at the power of words and our power over them.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Euphemisms written by R. W. Holder and published by 교보문고. This book was released on 1995 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all use euphemisms every day. We speak of "full-figured" women. We "fudge" on our income tax. We step lively to avoid "horse apples"--and step even livelier in the grip of the "Aztec Two-step." We say that the dead have "bit the dust" or have been "promoted to glory." Now, in A Dictionary of Euphemisms, Revised Edition, R. W. Holder gives us an engaging volume that celebrates this human tendency to use mild, vague or roundabout expressions rather than those which are blunt, precise, and disagreeably true. Here are thousands of entertaining and informative entries that range from long-established circumlocutions such as "everlasting life," "the Grim Reaper," "powder room," and "house of ill repute," to recent coinages such as "odorously challenged" (smelly), "corporate entertainment" (bribery), "AMW - actress, model, whatever" (prostitute), "downsizing" (laying off workers), and "white-knuckler" (a commercial flight on a small aircraft). Arranged in alphabetical order, the Dictionary gives definitions, examples from real authors, and historical explanations where appropriate. Holder also includes an extensive bibliography and, equally important, a Thematic Index, so that readers can look up euphemistic words and expressions for Death, Mental Illness, Narcotics, Obesity, Poverty, and other topics. A Dictionary of Euphemisms is a browser's delight and an essential reference book for all lovers of language. Readers will find in it a captivating guide to the art of not saying what we mean.
Download or read book Sex in Language written by Eliecer Crespo-Fernández and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphor has long provided a rich way to speak about the unspeakable, to refer to delicate issues. Sex is one such area. This book follows a cognitive-linguistic and relevance-theoretic approach to the language of sex, considering metaphor as a bridge that brings together mind and language. It does this through the analysis of the antithetical mechanisms of verbal mitigation and offence. These two mechanisms are (more commonly know as) euphemism and (its lesser known companion term) dysphemism. The volume reflects on the social and communicative functions that sexual metaphors perform in a sample of almost two hundred postings taken from internet forums. How do people think about sex? How do people avoid talking about sex? How do people paraphrase sexual topics? It offers an account of how real language users understand sexual taboo in present-day English and also a great grounding in manual corpus work on a qualitative level.
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Download or read book The Subject Approach to Information written by Antony Charles Foskett and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet and World Wide Web have made access to information easy but do not solve the problems of finding exactly what is wanted, to the point of overwhelming the reader with information. Since the first edition of this classic librarianship text appeared, the development of computer technology has meant that the organization of information has become a hugely complex area. This fifth edition places emphasis on the intellectual effort required to make meaningful use of the enormous amount of information now accessible to the searcher. Fully revised and updated in comprehensive detail that includes bibliographies, ample examples and quotations, it focuses on: information retrieval systems database access systems online searching and OPACs hypertext networked systems. Foskett describes how we search for information by looking at the problems involved, at the theoretical principles suggested as solutions and their practical realization as classification schemes, lists of subject headings and thesauri. Readership: This influential text is widely acknowledged to be essential reading for all students of librarianship and information management, and an invaluable reference tool for practising library and information professionals.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Euphemisms how Not to Say what You Mean written by R. W. Holder and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fachsprachen Languages for Special Purposes 2 Halbband written by Lothar Hoffmann and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 1391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "FACHSPRACHEN (HOFFMANN) 2.TLBD HSK 14.2 E-BOOK".
Download or read book The Merriam Webster Thesaurus written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and published by Merriam-Webster Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus' offers over 157,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words and idioms, all alphabetically organised with brief definitions of shared meanings.
Download or read book A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language written by Francis Andrew March and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
