The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language
Euphemisms: Over 3,000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence. London:
Bloomsbury. Ayto, J. (2007). Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemisms. Over 3,000
Ways to Avoid Speaking your Mind. London: A&C Black. Azzaro, Gabriele (2005).
Author: Keith Allan
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 0198808194
Page: 480
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Euphemania
Disabled was originally a euphemism for handicapped, which began as a polite
synonym for “crippled. ... As John Ayto points out in Wobbly Bits and Other
Euphemisms, words such as “blind,”“deaf,” “dumb,”“lame,” and “cripple” are of
ancient ...
Author: Ralph Keyes
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316121959
Page: 288
View: 488
Unmentionables
Disabled was originally a euphemism for handicapped, which in turn began as a
polite synonym for crippled. ... As John Ayto points out in Wobbly Bits and Other
Euphemisms, words such as blind, deaf, dumb, lame and cripple are of ancient ...
Author: Ralph Keyes
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848544561
Page: 300
View: 850
The Hidden History of Coined Words
... A Dictionary of Euphemisms , Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1987 , 2007 ,
269 , 285 , 294 ; Ann Bertram , NTC's Dictionary of Euphemisms , Chicago : NTC ,
1998 , 1999 , 59 , 163 , 271 , 281 ; Ayto , Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemisms ...
Author: Ralph Keyes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190466766
Page: 392
View: 293
Sex in Language
Euphemistic and Dysphemistic Metaphors in Internet forums Eliecer Crespo-
Fernández ... Ayto, J. (2007), Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemisms: Over 3,000
Ways to Avoid Speaking Your Mind, London: A & C Black. Barcelona, A. (ed.) (
2000a) ...
Author: Eliecer Crespo-Fernández
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472596544
Page: 240
View: 917
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Stone the Crows
Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', Stone the Crows is the most lively and authoritative ...
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Page: 408
View: 190
From the Horse s Mouth
This edition also features a greatlyincreased number of cross-references, making it ideal for quick reference.Many entries include additional features which give more detailed background on the idiom in question.
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199543798
Page: 408
View: 691
New Statesman Society
Product Engineering
You don't catch them fuzzing up their mistakes with euphemisms and other artful
dodges . ... Or “ We haven't got the guts to break it off clean , so we're just
chipping it off a little bit at a time . ” " It developed rotational instability . ” The
unpleasant truth , screened by a facade of Latin - derived polysyllabics : “ It
began to wobble .
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Fanfare
The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
The Journal of Genetic Psychology
However , the large majority of terms used are repressive and euphemistic . A
man in ... The drinker is afflicted , all at sea , a bit on , concerned , disguised , in
his altitudes , exalted , gilded , glorious , salubrious , chirping merry . ... In some
cases the association is far - fetched and the ideation narrow so that its relevance
is no longer apparent ; in others , a ... The place where liquor is sold is a devil ' s
house , a gargle factory , a roostingken , an O - be - joyful works , a wobble - shop
.
Author: Carl Allanmore Murchison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page:
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Krest ljubvi
delicacies , and a small lizard on the other side of the room ' s window glass . At
the age of ... I learned a bit of boxing and wrestling , but the threat was there . ... In
the hospitals euphemism , he ' forgot to breathe . ... I tried to exercise , walked
more to quiet the pounding in my chest , to get rid of a wobbly feeling in my legs .
Author: Tat'jana Lučnikova
Publisher: Context
ISBN:
Page: 282
View: 175
Stories from a Lakeside City 1997
His bifocals have slipped to perch on the end of his nose , and wobble with every
blustering snore . ... I listen to the latest developments on the American soap -
scene , the conversation dotted with euphemisms for the dirty bits in their daily ...
Author: Jean Kent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 54
View: 511
Britslang
A piece of excrement stuck to an anal hair , another version of ' clinker ' ( qv ) . ...
A euphemism for piss from a time when the word was considered bad language ,
when a child may have ' wissed himself and the old man may have come home ...
Author: Ray Puxley
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Page: 547
View: 706