A Man About a Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness Condition:Good Marks of wear and tears

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A Man About a Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness Condition:Good Marks of wear and tearsQuentin Crisp once quipped that "euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." This leading commentator on the English language has ranged far and wide to collect and comment upon 2,467 examples of euphemistic phrasesthose expressions that so inventively display the art of mincing words. From the politically correct to the highly incorrect, this book goes in ruthless pursuit of the coy, the prudish, the squeamish, the obfuscatory, and