Euphemisms by John Ayto
Euphemisms

John Ayto

Euphemisms

John Ayto

332 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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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 becomes the less unpleasant ethnic-cleansing; an...

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