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Unmentionables: From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire: What We Say Instead of What We Mean
Unmentionables From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire What We Say Instead of What We Mean
Author: Keyes, Ralph Keyes
We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' - all are ways of not using particular words. UNMENTIONABLES is a rollicking exploration of the history of euphemis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781848542068
ISBN-10: 1848542062
Pages: 352
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Publisher: John Murray Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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