Evasive Maneuvers
Euphemisms old and new
"Big Foreign Policy Initiative": What Is It Good For?Wed Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013By Mark Peters
Just as a biologist can tell a critter from a creepy-crawly by the number of legs, euphemism enthusiasts can tell a 5-alarm, major-league, restaurant-quality euphemism by the presence of three words. Readers of previous columns may remember terms such as employee dialogue session, strategic dynamism effort, enhanced pension offer, life problem issue, taco meat filling, and customer pain point. Every time, three words = three metric tons of malarkey.
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