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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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John Ayto
332 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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Description
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...