Renamed How Not To Say What You Mean, this brand new edition of A Dictionary of Euphemisms is packed full of the old favourites, such as 'early bath' or 'push up the daisies', as well as euphemisms from modern times, like 'human sacrifice', 'coffee-housing', and 'tuft-hunter'. Definitions include examples from real authors, along with historical explanations of origins, and now obsolete euphemisms like 'leaping house', 'nightingale' are signposted as such.
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This brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such as 'Dutch uncle' or 'push up the daisies', as well as euphemisms from the contemporary world such as 'restructuring' and 'extrajudicial killing'. Definitions include examples from real authors, along with entertaining explanations of their origins. To prove that the use of euphemisms is not just a British speciality, there is widespread coverage of American euphemisms, too: for example, 'English' (pertaining to sexual deviance) and 'watermelon' (an indication of pregnancy). The A-Z organization of the text is complemented by a thematic index with short introductory articles on fruitful areas of euphemistic language such as business, sex, death, and the human body. How Not To Say What You Mean remains the most lively and authoritative guide to the language of evasion, hyprocrisy, prudery, and deceit.
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R. W. Holder is a business executive and life-long lover of words. The director of numerous companies, he speaks several languages, and travels widely. He is also the author of Thinking About Management.
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Straightforwardness over euphemism every time
2. August 2003
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R.W. Hodderfs dictionary is very helpful for those of us who want to say and write to be helpful without ambiguity, and who rail against the subversion of political correctness.
How Not To Say What You Mean is the updated guide to probity, candor, earthiness, and straightforwardness. The dictionary provides definitions with example sentences as well as explanations where appropriate. Thematically indexed the entries are wide-ranging: work, sexuality, bankruptcy, clothing, education, politics and aircraft, provide the real meaning for phrases well-known and obscure we come across daily in speech and writing such as liquidity crisis, coronary inefficiency, four-letter man, normalization, investigative journalism, governmental relations, ethically challenged and year of progress.
Itfs a dictionary to browse, to be entertained by and take courage from. Highly recommended for all who have the courage to say and write what we mean.
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A fun reference book that may make you blush...
29. August 2005
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This is a good reference book for readers and writers, and possibly courageous public speakers. A thematic index at the back of the book makes finding the right term easy. The entries provide concise, clear definitions, as well as quoted sources which add clarity as to the origin and usage of the word or phrase. These authorities are cross-referenced to an author/work bibliography in the front of the book, handy for those who wish to conduct further research. Many of the euphemisms deal with sexual topics, a possible commentary on either the repressive or playful nature of our social mores. Most of the words and phrases are modern, at least within the last fifty years, but some obsolete terms are included, often to show comparison to current usage. While not an exhaustive study of euphemisms, or a substitution for a good slang dictionary, this is a great reference book to have, to use, and to read -- just for the fun of it.
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You have to read to the fine print
8. Februar 2008
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This is the fourth edition of a venerable and useful work that first appeared in 1987, according to the jacket notes. These jacket notes are easily readable, owing to the choice of a civilized type face and size. The same cannot be said for the bulk of this otherwise admirable volume itself.
Most persons reading this review will know that the euphemism "small print" means, as the book says: "onerous conditions in a contract which are not given prominence." However, in this review, "small (or fine) print" means much of the main body of the text, which is in print that many will find hard to read without a magnifier.
Despite my cavil about the tiny font used to print much of this book, it is a gem. Not only are the terms arranged in alphabetical order, dictionary-style, with examples of usage and micro-essays , they are also placed alphabetically into fourteen different thematic groupings, each preceded by a little essay on the subject. These page-and-a-half-sized essays are well-written and rewarding to those who can tease out the words from the miniscule printing. Thus one can immerse oneself into the world of evasive language in each of these fourteen rubrics: Addictions, Affairs of State, Bodily Functions, Childbirth, Crime and Punishment, etc. It is amusing and instructive to do so.
I recommend this book to all word-fanciers whose vision, natural or enhanced, is up to it.
Most persons reading this review will know that the euphemism "small print" means, as the book says: "onerous conditions in a contract which are not given prominence." However, in this review, "small (or fine) print" means much of the main body of the text, which is in print that many will find hard to read without a magnifier.
Despite my cavil about the tiny font used to print much of this book, it is a gem. Not only are the terms arranged in alphabetical order, dictionary-style, with examples of usage and micro-essays , they are also placed alphabetically into fourteen different thematic groupings, each preceded by a little essay on the subject. These page-and-a-half-sized essays are well-written and rewarding to those who can tease out the words from the miniscule printing. Thus one can immerse oneself into the world of evasive language in each of these fourteen rubrics: Addictions, Affairs of State, Bodily Functions, Childbirth, Crime and Punishment, etc. It is amusing and instructive to do so.
I recommend this book to all word-fanciers whose vision, natural or enhanced, is up to it.
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