Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk by Hugh Rawson

Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk

Hugh Rawson

463 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

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What do people with "differing abilities" think of that politically correct phrase? (A "special" education teacher won $50,000 for thinking it up!) Has Watergate's "expletive deleted" found a permanent place in the language? Why do turkeys hav...

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