Word for word

Ben Macintyre offers a list of literary euphemisms:

Edgy Any author under the age of 30, being reviewed by someone over 30, is likely to be described as edgy. The edginess factor will increase in proportion to whether the author is non-white, female and attractive, and the reviewer is white, male, and fat.

Read the rest. It's... er, not to be missed - no, make that funny.