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Euphemania : Our Love Affair with Euphemisms

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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Little Brown & Company, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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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  • Publishers Weekly, 03/14/2011, Page 0

About the author

Ralph Keyes is the author of 15 books, including The Courage to Write and I Love It When You Talk Retro. He has written for Esquire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Newsweek, and Harper's. Keyes lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he writes, lectures, and is a Trustee of the Antioch Writers' Workshop.