Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month

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Subject: Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month
From: ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:46:48 -0400
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On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

reallocate their human resources!

The British seem to use the term "redundant" as in "I was made redundant". What a horrible euphemism. I would much rather be sacked, laid off, fired, than be "made redundant".

	--ravi

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Dan Scanlan
<coolhanduke1029@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Right size their incompetent core!
On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Sandwichman wrote:
Off with their heads!
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
"down-sizing" and "right-sizing" seem positively straightforward by
comparison.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"synergy-related headcount reductions" -- repeated about six times (in different forms) in a one-paragraph press release by Nokia Siemens Networks, published in HARPER'S MAGAZINE, May 2009, p. 25.

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  - Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Jeffrey Fisher Wed 22 Apr 2009, 17:07 GMT
    - Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Sandwichman Wed 22 Apr 2009, 17:17 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Dan Scanlan Wed 22 Apr 2009, 17:35 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Jim Devine Wed 22 Apr 2009, 17:56 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, ravi Wed 22 Apr 2009, 18:17 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Dan Scanlan Wed 22 Apr 2009, 18:52 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] euphemism of the month, Bill O'Connor Fri 24 Apr 2009, 09:47 GMT
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