Most Euphemistic

[Benjamin Barrett]

That word entered Japanese as risutora. If you get fired, you can even use it in the passive: risutora sareru.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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On Apr 2, 2014, at 6:10 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

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> At Yale in the early 90s it was called "the restructuring committee".  Linguistics almost got restructured out of existence.
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> LH
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> On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:58 AM, Benjamin Torbert wrote:
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>> My University now has a "budget realignment task force."
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>> I think this = "people who decide who and what is cut."
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>> BT

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