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Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemisms: Over 3,000 ways to avoid speaking your mind [Paperback]

John Ayto (Author)


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Book Description

September 3, 2007

Wobbly Bits is the essential guide to polite conversation. Covering everything from the politically incorrect to the seriously taboo, this humorous book offers over 3,000 ways to avoid speaking your mind!

Keep this book as your secret weapon (that 'distinguished, cosmetically different person of size' your friend keeps mentioning might just not be your ideal date!), and you'll never be caught out again!

Subjects covered include crime, sins, sex, the body and its parts, clothing and nakedness, bodily functions and secretions, illness and injury, old age and death, work, poverty, government and politics, warfare and race.

 


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"Utterly delightful and instructive"—The Observer

About the Author

John Ayto is an experienced lexicographer and author of many language titles including AC Black's Word Origins. He is Chief Etymologist on the Bloomsbury English Dictionary.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: A&C Black; 2nd edition (September 3, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0713678402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713678406
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #922,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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