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Authors: Richard A. Spears
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A lexicon of "improper" English From slang terminology describing various bodily functions and sexual acts, to the centuries-old cant of thieves and prostitutes
Euphemania
Language: en
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Authors: Ralph Keyes
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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How did die become kick the bucket, underwear become unmentionables, and having an affair become hiking the Appalachian trail? Originally used to avoid blasphem
The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Jordan Tate
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-09 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Until now, no dictionary has ever attempted to record the fascinating and often raunchy inventory of English sexual euphemisms. Jordan Tate has confronted this
Slang and Euphemism
Language: en
Pages: 488
Authors: Richard A. Spears
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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This dictionary, with approximately 17,500 entries and 40,000 definitions, represents a major step forward in cataloging and explaining prohibited words and sub
Slang
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Jonathon Green
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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"In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looki