euphemism of the week

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Nov 17 15:02:12 UTC 2006


According to a story on ABC World News Tonight last night, hunger no
longer exists in America.  We are told by the relevant government
agencies (I don't remember which ones) that the 35 million Americans
who used to be hungry are now coping with "very low food security".
This is evidently an upgrade from their previous condition, "food
insecurity with hunger".

LH

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