Tuesday, May 20, 2014
GM recall investigation reveals banned words - Washington Post
Corporations have cultures.
They develop over time are often go down strange paths designed to protect said corporations from all things external...
They develop over time are often go down strange paths designed to protect said corporations from all things external...
The Associated Press recently reported on this, which didn't seem to get much notice:
"The word 'defect,' for example, 'can be regarded as a legal admission' and should be avoided, the company document says.
Adjectives like 'bad,' 'terrifying,' 'dangerous,' 'horrific' and 'evil' are on the list. So are unflattering terms like 'deathtrap,' 'widow-maker' and 'Hindenburg.' Even seemingly benign words like 'always' and 'never' made it on the list.
From there, it veers into the extraordinary. 'Kevorkianesque' — as in the late assisted-suicide activist Jack Kevorkian — and 'Corvair-like' — a reference to the GM car once called 'unsafe at any speed' by Ralph Nader — are on it; so is 'apocalyptic,' 'grisly' and 'rolling sarcophagus.' Phrases like 'unbelievable engineering screw-up' and 'potentially disfiguring' were also discouraged."
