[Ads-l] Yes, this is first

[Ben Zimmer]

An early frontrunner for Euphemism of the Year, since "executive time" =
time for Trump to watch TV and fire off random tweets.

https://www.axios.com/scoop-trumps-secret-shrinking-schedule-1515364904-ab76374a-6252-4570-a804-942b3f851840.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/08/why-executive-time-is-a-particularly-bleak-scoop-about-president-trump/


On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 8:46 AM, David K. Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
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> Dear All,
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> Here is the first nomination for WOTY-2018 (to be decided in January 2019):
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> Executive time (heard on WAMC [Albany, N.Y.] an NPR news program).
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> More later.
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> Happy New Year,
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> David
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