| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part37.utf8:142760178:1216 |
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001 2010025983
003 DLC
005 20110420083202.0
008 100622s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780316056564
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn548642158
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050 00 $aPE1585$b.K49 2010
082 00 $a423/.1$222
100 1 $aKeyes, Ralph.
245 10 $aEuphemania :$bour love affair with euphemisms /$cRalph Keyes.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Co.,$cc2010.
300 $a279 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251- 267) and index.
505 0 $aMincing words -- From bears to bowdlerism -- Speaking of sex -- Anatomy class -- Secretions and excretions -- Under the weather and In the ground -- Comestibles -- Show me the liquidity -- Words of war -- Brave new words -- Why we euphemize.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xEuphemism.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010025983-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010025983-d.html