- Now in paperback, A Dictionary of Euphemisms: How Not To Say What You Mean is still as lively and shocking as ever - Contains old favourites such as \'early bath\' (dismissal from a game) or \'push up the daisies\' (to die), as well......

This brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holder\'s popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such as \'Dutch uncle\' or \'push up the daisies\', as well as euphemisms from the contemporary world such as \'restructuring\', \'coffee-housing\', \'extrajudicial killing\'....

Language is more frequently used to disguise or temper what one means to say rather than telling it like it is, at least that\'s how it seems when looking through the 5,000 or so euphemisms compiled by R.W. Holder....