An edition of The Evasion-English dictionary
(2003)
The Evasion-English dictionary
1st ed.
by Maggie Balistreri and Maggie Balistreri
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The Evasion-English Dictionary is a wicked collection of euphemisms in contemporary speech. A taxonomy of the vexing "like" and "whatever" feature categories of these crutch words, revealing the words' variety and possibilities for manipulation.
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Euphemism, Dictionaries, English language, slang, language, like, whatever, actually, dictionary, humor, satire, linguistics, speech, speech acts, evasion, evasive, sorry, sorry-not-sorry, sorry not sorry, funny, essays, feministShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition
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The Evasion-English dictionary
2003, Melville House Pub.
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