Euphemania : Our Love Affair with Euphemisms Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Ralph Keyes
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- Hardcover
A lively and thought-provoking look at the power of words, "Euphemania" traces the origins of euphemisms from a tool of the church to a form of gentility to today's instrument of commercial, political, and postmodern doublespeak.
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- Title Euphemania : Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
- Author Ralph Keyes
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little Brown & Company, New York, NY
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0316056561I4N10
- ISBN 9780316056564 / 0316056561
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Euphemism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010025983
- Dewey Decimal Code 423.1
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 03/14/2011, Page 0