Most Euphemistic
Arnold Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Wed Apr 2 11:39:52 UTC 2014
On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:58 PM, Benjamin Torbert <btorbert at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> My University now has a "budget realignment task force."
>
> I think this = "people who decide who and what is cut."
didn't we have a thread a while back on euphemisms for firing people, letting them go, etc.?
this is an especially awkward one.
arnold
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