Vile euphemisms of our time

[perlmonger]

• "*" awareness (where "*" is "disability" or, especially, "autism" dkmnow)


• "choice" (ccomley)


• chopped and shaped (inspired by easterbunny)


• compassionate conservatism (burkesworks)


• ethnic cleansing


• family friendly (minkboylove)


• extraordinary rendition


• for your convenience = "for our convenience" (etrigan)


• illegal combatant (landsmand)


• modernisation (as a synonym for "evisceration")


• right-sizing (mr_tom)


• security contractors (as euphemism for mercenaries dkmnow)


• total quality management (landsmand)


• user involvement (drpete)


• war on terror (dkmnow)

Any more for any more?

Comments

[perlmonger.livejournal.com]

A bit specific, perhaps (have you had a particularly horrible personal experience here?)

I'll add "chopped and shaped" to the list, though, as a catch-all for the rebranding of slops, scrapings and the bits too nasty even to put into sausages as "food".