[Ads-l] AI-washing

[Nancy Friedman]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/white-collar-layoffs-ai-cost-cutting-tariffs.html
"But experts interviewed by CNBC said some companies could be 'AI-washing
<https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/19/firms-are-blaming-ai-for-job-cuts-critics-say-its-a-good-excuse.html>
' their job cuts, blaming layoffs on the new technology to cover up
business fumbles and old-fashioned cost cutting."

"-washing" is proving to be a productive suffix, or libfix. I've written
about hotwashing, sanewashing, smallwashing, and sportswashing, and there
are many other novel -washing compounds.

https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-hotwashing



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