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400 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007214532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Publication date: Not specified
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Quentin Crisp once quipped that "euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." This leading commentator on the English language has ranged far and wide to collect and comment upon 2,467 examples of euphemistic phrases—those expres...
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400 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007214532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Quentin Crisp once quipped that "euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." This leading commentator on the English language has ranged far and wide to collect and comment upon 2,467 examples of euphemistic phrases—those expres...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings