[Ads-l] EOTY candidate

[dave@wilton.net]

I'm not sure these are technically euphemisms.
 
"Value-seeking behavior" is exactly what it says it is.
 
"Price in/elasticity" is a standard Economics 101 term. Demand for a product that is price elastic rises and falls with the price. Demand for a product that is price inelastic stays constant regardless of the price (think tobacco or any other addictive substance).
 
He's saying, "it's not my fault; blame the laws of economics" and "I finally found a use for that MBA."
 
 
 
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Here's another, from a paywalled story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (I
found the full text on Reddit). The person who forwarded it to me provided
a helpful translation: “It's not my fault — it’s those fucking customers.”

>>Distress signals went up in Golden Valley on Wednesday morning: People
are buying fewer General Mills products. People may continue to buy fewer
General Mills products.

>>CEO Jeff Harmening chalked up the setback to "stronger-than-anticipated
value-seeking behaviors" and "a return toward historical price
elasticities."<<

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:07 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> For Euphemism of the Year, or more strictly Most Euphemistic:
> "Structurally restrictive housing" = 'solitary confinement'
>
> This week, a report
> <
> https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Solitary%20By%20Many%20Other%20Names%20Report%20Final.pdf
> >
> from
> Columbia University’s Center for Justice outlined the dangers of solitary
> confinement, which has been pervasive in the city’s jail system. Despite
> promises to end it, the report stated, the [NYC] Department of Correction
> simply rebranded the practice as “structurally restrictive housing.”
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/nyregion/new-york-eric-adams.html
>
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