книга "Oxford Dictionary of euphemisms, 4 Edition" — Р. В. ХолдерOxford Dictionary of euphemisms, 4 Edition - это словарь, в который включены эвфемизмы английского языка.
Особенности словаря
Oxford Dictionary of euphemisms:
- В словарь включены преимущественно эвфемизмы литературного языка.
- Искушенному читателю будут интересны этимологические комментарии, сопровождающие лексикографическое описание подобных слов.
- Предлагаемый вниманию читателей словарь призван не только описать значения слов, используемых в функции эвфемизмов, но и помочь носителям современного языка сделать свою речь эстетически приемлемой.
This thoroughly updated paperback marks 20 years of R. W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms, offering a delightful collection of jocular and evasive expressions for sex, death, murder, crime, prison, and much more. Here are almost five thousand euphemistic expressions listed in alphabetical order, ranging from well-known favorites to less amusing expressions from the bureaucratic and military world. For each word or expression, Holder includes examples from real authors, along with entertaining explanations of the word's origins and meaning. New to this edition are over 250 new entries and fourteen introductory articles on major themes in euphemistic language, such as business, sex, death, and the human body. The book includes an extensive thematic index which groups words together under topics such as Age, Bankruptcy, Bribery, Copulation, Funerals, Killing and Suicide, Low Intelligence, Politics, and Warfare. From "five-fingered discount" to "surgical strike, " here is a wonderful collection of colorful words and phrases that allow us to avoid life's unpleasantness, as well as add spice and humor to our everyday speech. | 
