Clasificación:
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Autor:
Título:
Euphemania : our love affair with euphemisms.--
Imp / Ed.:
New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Little, Brown, c2010.
Descripción:
279 p. ; 22 cm.
Contenido:
1. Mincing words -- 2. From bears to bowdlerism -- 3. Speaking of sex -- 4. Anatomy class -- 5. Secretions and excretions -- 6. Under the weather and In the ground -- 7.
Comestibles -- 8. Show me the liquidity -- 9. Words of war -- 10. Brave new words -- 11. Why we euphemize.
ISBN:
9780316056564
Notas:
Bibliografía : p. 251- 267
