It almost sounds like the guns themselves. In World War I it was called 'shell shock.' Simple, honest, direct language. There’s a condition in combat that occurs when a soldier is completely stressed out and is on the verge of a nervous collapse. George Carlin on 'Shell Shock' and 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder' Giridharadas, 'Language as a Blunt Tool of the Digital Age.' The New York Times, Jan. But when they call you, even at dinnertime, then it’s a 'courtesy call.'' When you dial into 'customer care,' they care very little. When it 'manages stakeholders,' it could be lobbying or bribing.
When it is 'right-sizing' or finding 'synergies,' it may well be firing people. 'When a company is 'levering up,' it often means, in regular language, that it is spending money it doesn’t have.(George Carlin, 'Euphemisms.' Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics, 1990) Constipation became occasional irregularity.' The CIA doesn't kill anybody anymore. Used cars became previously owned transportation. 'Sometime during my life toilet paper became bathroom tissue.
