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perlmonger ([personal profile] perlmonger) wrote2006-01-17 06:57 pm

Vile euphemisms of our time


  • "*" awareness (where "*" is "disability" or, especially, "autism" [livejournal.com profile] dkmnow)

  • "choice" ([livejournal.com profile] ccomley)

  • chopped and shaped (inspired by [livejournal.com profile] easterbunny)

  • compassionate conservatism ([livejournal.com profile] burkesworks)

  • ethnic cleansing

  • family friendly ([livejournal.com profile] minkboylove)

  • extraordinary rendition

  • for your convenience = "for our convenience" ([livejournal.com profile] etrigan)

  • illegal combatant ([livejournal.com profile] landsmand)

  • modernisation (as a synonym for "evisceration")

  • right-sizing ([livejournal.com profile] mr_tom)

  • security contractors (as euphemism for mercenaries [livejournal.com profile] dkmnow)

  • total quality management ([livejournal.com profile] landsmand)

  • user involvement ([livejournal.com profile] drpete)

  • war on terror ([livejournal.com profile] dkmnow)


Any more for any more?

[identity profile] minkboylove.livejournal.com 2006-01-17 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
'Family Friendly'?

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[identity profile] perlmonger.livejournal.com 2006-01-18 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, *YES*

That one deserves a list all of its own for the monstrosities committed under its name...