A reader has a great idea:
Between Meredith Kopit Levien’s “form factor” and the Obama administration’s “long-term non-religious fasting“, you should begin compiling a list of Orwellian jargon.
While visiting a friend in a mental hospital, I witnessed a grieving husband ask a doctor about the long-term prognosis for his suffering wife. All the doctor could do was prattle on about the different “medicinal modalities” (i.e. drugs) they were utilizing to try to stabilize her. As the husband looked on helpless and dumbfounded, I wanted to punch the doctor.
Let’s make sure we’re focused. Email us examples of jargon that is is designed explicitly as a euphemism to disguise the core reality. “Enhanced interrogation techniques” remains the industry standard of abusing the English language to defend the indefensible. But there must be countless others out there – bubbles of deception and blather waiting to be popped.
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