Begin Your Journey With Unmentionables: From Family Jewels To Friendly Fire: What We Say Instead Of What We Mean Originated By Ralph Keyes Offered As Electronic Format

was an incredibly interesting book on the reasons and motivation behind humanities constant urge to euphemize,

It was particularly interesting to learn just how old are some of today's euphemisms, and just how many 'words' originated as euphemisms such as bear, for instance.
Many of the newly emerging euphemisms can be just as amusing as those which are outdated, One such example is 'rebooting the ovarian operating system', a euphemism for menstruation,

Just as interesting as the actual euphemisms, however, are the variety of reasons for using them, This is definitely a book I would recommend to a friend, Maybe the book could have been called "Euphemisms" but the title would not be quite so eye catching, Enjoyable fun light read that supports the notion that people on mass are strange, The art of making simple communication far more complex than it should be, Ralph Keyes

is an author, speaker and teacher, Hisbooks deal with topics ranging from time pressure to human height, Keyess bestseller Is There Life After High School was made into a Broadway musical that is still produced in this country and abroad, Since itspublication his book The Courage to Write has become a standard work among aspiring writers in particular, Keyess recent books have focused on language, Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms is his latest, .