***** 5 stars EUPHEMANIA: OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH EUPHEMISMS explores the history, culture and literature of euphemisms, offering a lively discussion tracing the origins and changing usage of language. Politics, doublespeak and social commentary blend in a hilarious, pointed and fun literary and social assessment filled with examples and perfect for any general lending library. …
Amazon Review: Fun with Words
**** 4 stars This is the first e-book that I ever read. Not that it’s relevant to the review of the book itself, but somehow it seems important to note following all of the physical books that I’ve reviewed on Amazon since 2001. I heard the author interviewed on the radio and the topic of …
Euphemism of the Week
While driving from Ohio to Philadelphia and back I was struck by how many stores beside I 70 sell “adult,” which is to say pornographic, items. So is “adult” now so synonymous with “pornography” that it can no longer be used in polite company?
Tampa Tribune
Euphemisms: Only your cognoscenti know what you mean “Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms” by Ralph Keyes (Little, Brown, $24.99) Was Shakespeare right? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Surely, being Shakespeare, he was right, his point being that what matters is what something is, not what it is called. The …
Writers Read
Ralph Keyes’ books include The Courage to Write and I Love It When You Talk Retro. He has written for Esquire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Newsweek, and Harper’s. His new book is Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms. Keyes lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he writes, lectures, and is a Trustee of the Antioch Writers’ …
technorati.com
Reviewed by: FC Etier Published: February 27, 2011 at 11:43 am “You son-of-a-bitch!” like many exclamations takes on a different meaning with different voice inflections and in different contexts. Remember the old story of the preacher who was mad but wouldn’t curse, so he told his adversary, “When you get home, I hope your mother …