Quote Originally Posted by marct View Post
Hi Canoneer,



Somewhat unusually for an academic, I prefer to use real words with their real meanings rather than rely on euphemisms . All a euphemism does is substitute one term for another while hoping and praying that the negative emotional connotations of the real term don't shift over to the new one. This is, in many ways, a silly exercise as can be witnessed through the vast variety of euphemisms developed over the past 50 years that seem to change every week.

Let's agree to disagree on this one.
Quite agree, Marc. Fuzzy language creates more problems than it solves, IMO. Sometimes a problem is a problem, not an "opportunity" or a "challenge."