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The book is exceptionally well-indexed, allowing you to follow a trail of related terms (e.g., from "perspiration" to "sweat").

Rawson doesn't just define terms; he traces their origins. You’ll learn how Victorian-era modesty turned "legs" into "limbs" and how corporate "restructuring" became a standard mask for mass layoffs. A DICTIONARY Euphemisms ^Other Doubletalk

These inflate the status of something humble (e.g., calling a janitor a "sanitary engineer"). The book is exceptionally well-indexed, allowing you to

The author maintains a dry, scholarly humor throughout. He treats the human tendency toward obfuscation as both a necessary social lubricant and a dangerous tool for political manipulation. The book is exceptionally well-indexed