banned words at GM

[Lisa Galvin]

I'd bet a buck the employees have their own code.  Whenever someone says "giddyup" it means "tendency to immolate the driver."
"That little number has a lot of giddyup to it, all right"
Or perhaps they just limit their descriptors to "happy" and "hooray!"
Lisa GalvinShoreline, WA USA
                                                   

 
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