euphemism of the year

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 9/7/06, Barnhart <barnhart at highlands.com> wrote:
>
> Try "alternative interrogation" in the morning news.

Not sure if this particular collocation will have staying power. It
might, as shorthand for "alternative interrogation
procedures/methods/techniques". (Bush's actual phrasing: "And so the
CIA used an alternative set of procedures.")


--Ben Zimmer

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