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    Euphemisms : over 3000 ways to avoid being rude or giving offence / by Ayto, John

    London : Bloomsbury, 1993
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism…”
    Format: Book


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    Euphemism & dysphemism : language used as shield and weapon / by Allan, Keith, 1943-

    New York : Oxford University Press, 1991
    Table of Contents: “…Introductory remarks on language used as shield and weapon -- Euphemism, dysphemism, and cross-varietal synonymy -- Euphemism in addressing and naming -- Bodily effluvia, sex, and tabooed body-parts -- The lexicon for bodily effluvia, sex, and tabooed body-parts -- Ways of being abusive: taboo terms as insults, epithets, and expletives -- Never say die: death, dying, and killing -- Unease in talking about disease -- Distinguishing between jargon, style, and x-phemism -- Language as a veil: artful euphemism -- Language used as shield and weapon.…”
    Format: Book


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    Slang and euphemism : a dictionary of oaths, curses, insults, ethnic slurs, sexual slang and metaphor, drug talk, college lingo, and related matters / by Spears, Richard A.

    New York : Signet, 2001
    3rd rev. and abridged edition
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    Format: Book


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    Sprache und Tabu : Interpretationen zu französischen und italianischen Euphemismen by Reutner, Ursula

    Tübingen : Niemeyer, 2009
    Subjects: “…French language Euphemism.…”
    Format: Book


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    American-Spanish euphemisms. by Kany, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1895-1968

    Berkeley : University of California Press, 1960
    Subjects: “…Spanish language Euphemism.…”
    Format: Book


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    NTC's dictionary of euphemisms / by Bertram, Anne

    Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, 1998
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism Dictionaries.…”
    Format: Book


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    The Faber dictionary of euphemisms / by Holder, R. W.

    London : Faber, 1989
    Rev. ed.
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism Dictionaries…”
    Format: Book


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    A dictionary of euphemisms / by Holder, R. W.

    Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism Dictionaries…”
    Format: Book


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    Unmentionables and other euphemisms. by Lawrence, Jeremy

    London : Gentry Books, 1973
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism…”
    Format: Book


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    A dictionary of euphemisms / by Holder, R. W.

    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism Dictionaries…”
    Format: Book


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    Fair of speech : the uses of euphemism /

    Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1985
    Table of Contents: “…An outline history of euphemisms in English /…”
    Format: Book


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    Euphemismen in der vedischen Prosa und euphemistische Varianten in den Mantras. by Oertel, Hanns, 1868-1952

    München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1942
    Subjects: “…Vedic language Euphemism.…”
    Format: Book


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    Eufemismen belyst med exempel ur nusvensk prosa : akademisk avhandling by Björkman, Gunnar

    Stockholm : O. Eklund i distribution, 1937
    Subjects: “…Swedish language Euphemism.…”
    Format: Thesis Book


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    A man about a dog : euphemisms & other examples of verbal squeamishness / by Rees, Nigel, 1944-

    London : Collins, 2006
    Subjects: “…English language Euphemism.…”
    Format: Book


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    Linguistic taboo revisited : Novel insights from cognitive perspectives by Pizarro Pedraza, Andrea

    Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 2018
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    Format: Book


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    Semantica dell'eufemismo; l'eufemismo e la repressione verbale con esempi tratti dall'italiano contemporaneo. by Galli de' Paratesi, Nora

    Torino : G. Giappichelli, 1964
    Subjects: “…Italian language Euphemism…”
    Format: Book


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

    New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010
    1st ed.
    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.…”
    Format: Book