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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