Euphemisms

Author: John Ayto
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0747512949

Euphemisms: Over 3,000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence

Euphemism is the art of avoiding giving offence. Download Euphemisms: Over 3,000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. It is possible to minimize the obvious by calling someone cuddly or junoesque when they are actually fat; to disguise the actual truth, extermination becomes the less unpleasant ethnic-cleansing; and large-scale redundancies become restructuring. John Ayto's wide-ranging study shows how the apparently laudable aim of avoiding offence can be used often disturbingly for political, economic, business or propaganda purposes. Using both general commentary and dictionary-style entries, Ayto covers specific meanings and usages, as well as general contexts. Spotlighting euphemisms from this and earlier centuries, Ayto explains the huge range of euphemisms used through the ages, and argues that today is Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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