[Ads-l] Euphemis of the Year candidate

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Jul 23 15:07:32 UTC 2021


As sleazy as most of our past contenders…

“day-use girlfriends”

—as employed on megayachts, according to an exposé on Bloomberg (and noted by Stephen Colbert), “Wild Superyacht Secrets I Learned When I Became a Deckhand”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-22/superyacht-staff-secrets-from-cannabis-buffets-to-caviar-sex-and-drugs

No other Google cites.

LH
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