Euphemania : our love affair with euphemisms / by Keyes, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…Mincing words -- From bears to bowdlerism -- Speaking of sex -- Anatomy class -- Secretions and excretions -- Under the weather and In the ground -- Comestibles -- Show me the liquidity -- Words of war -- Brave new words -- Why we euphemize.…”


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Pops fatherhood in pieces by Chabon, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Little man -- Adventures in euphemism -- The bubble people -- Against dickitude -- The old ball game -- Be cool or be cast out -- Pops.…”


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Pops : fatherhood in pieces by Chabon, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the opposite of writing -- Little man -- Adventures in euphemism -- The bubble people -- Against dickitude -- The old ball game -- Be cool or be cast out -- Pops.…”


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In praise of profanity by Adams, Michael, 1961-

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CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) : the tragedy of industrial animal factories

Table of Contents: “…A glossary of CAFO terms and euphemisms.…”


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What fish don't want you to know : an insider's guide to freshwater fishing by Baron, Frank P.

Table of Contents: “…-- When to fish -- Gear and tackle -- Common sense -- Etiquette and ethics -- Favorite fish and special tactics -- Tips, tricks, and odds and ends -- A new euphemism.…”


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The anti-communist manifesto by Kelly, Jesse, Rizzuto, Nick

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The communist and anti-communist -- The university system : America's communist factory -- Cultural destruction -- Red in the streets : the foot soldiers of communism -- American red-ucation -- Climate communism : green on the outside, red on the inside -- Communist gun control : disarming the victims -- Corporate communism : the devil's alliance -- Political correctness : euphemisms for horrors -- Conclusion.…”


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Your end of life matters : how to talk with family and friends by Ziff, Anne F.

Table of Contents: “…-- Appendix A: A guide for book groups -- Appendix B: A list of euphemisms for death or dying.…”


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Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young. by Young, Kevin, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Blacker than thou ; Professor Plum ; Ghostbusters ; Michael Brown's body -- Coda: The age of euphemism.…”


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My autobiography of Carson McCullers by Shapland, Jenn, 1987-

Table of Contents: “…Author's note -- Question -- Articulation -- Correspondence -- The soul's particular territories -- Derangement, or why I write -- Caves -- Chick-fil-A -- Tree houses and telephone booths -- That girl -- Qualifications -- A free love -- Windows -- Unforeseen events -- Becomings -- February House -- Imaginary friends -- Prove it on me blues -- Dedications -- Ambivalences -- Convalescence -- Parasites -- Homebodies -- Rules -- My rainbow youth -- Portals -- Item 8 -- Items 42-45 -- Items unlocated -- Womanish -- On exposure -- Conflation -- The hunt -- Semantics -- Separate bedrooms -- Androgyny -- They/them -- Confidantes -- The high line -- Threesomes -- Recliner -- Ontological destabilization -- Googling -- Preaching -- List of Carson's possible girlfriends -- Other likely lesbians -- Second marriages -- Dedications -- Fury and disaster -- In sickness -- Witch hunt -- This mad desire for travel -- Going West -- Coping mechanisms -- Seismographs -- Diagnosis -- Blue chair -- Organ -- Last love -- Not yet -- First loves -- Dream -- Matters of taste -- Dedications -- Dream -- Your name -- Forensics -- Expurgation -- Lies, secrets, and silence -- Myth mania -- Recognition -- The silencing force -- Proximity -- Myopia -- September 29, 1967 -- September 29, 2016 -- Love and winter -- The dead -- Dream -- Note to self -- Euphemisms.…”


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Look : poems by Sharif, Solmaz

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Coming clean by Parker, C. L.

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