[Ads-l] Yes, this is first

[Jonathan Lighter]

It was reported on CNN that "executive time,"  as a White House staff
euphemism, predates Trump by a number of years.

JL

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> An early frontrunner for Euphemism of the Year, since "executive time" =
> time for Trump to watch TV and fire off random tweets.
>
> https://www.axios.com/scoop-trumps-secret-shrinking-
> schedule-1515364904-ab76374a-6252-4570-a804-942b3f851840.html
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/
> 08/why-executive-time-is-a-particularly-bleak-scoop-about-president-trump/
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 8:46 AM, David K. Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the first nomination for WOTY-2018 (to be decided in January
> 2019):
> >
> >
> >
> > Executive time (heard on WAMC [Albany, N.Y.] an NPR news program).
> >
> >
> >
> > More later.
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy New Year,
> >
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> >
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