tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post7048259414835037122..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: Words for the timesJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-75302194960347140522009-07-12T12:39:57.802-04:002009-07-12T12:39:57.802-04:00Note: "Terminated" is losing ground to &...Note: "Terminated" is losing ground to "separated" in corporate-speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-30036357926871952722009-05-25T06:43:27.253-04:002009-05-25T06:43:27.253-04:00How about "pink-slipped?"How about "pink-slipped?"BrianTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-25264984009805398592009-05-22T10:38:22.759-04:002009-05-22T10:38:22.759-04:00I would add "out-sourced".I would add "out-sourced".Bill Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-49943541572207642752009-05-21T20:29:04.378-04:002009-05-21T20:29:04.378-04:00"Right-sized" makes me want to gag."Right-sized" makes me want to gag.LisaMcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-8187248740468852312009-05-21T19:06:22.743-04:002009-05-21T19:06:22.743-04:00How about "make redundant"? I think it's primarily...How about "make redundant"? I think it's primarily British usage.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086033722247408723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-68060190709439128772009-05-21T17:33:19.626-04:002009-05-21T17:33:19.626-04:00It seems to me that these once hard and fast disti...It seems to me that these once hard and fast distinctions are now blurred. I would never say I was fired unless my departure was (a) entirely involuntary and (b) for cause, but "fired for cause" now has 60 kghits, suggesting that this understanding is no longer in place.<br /><br /><I>Sacked</I> still seems British to me, like <I>made redundant</I> (another term extended beyond its legal significance).John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-55624157474475357752009-05-21T16:34:45.983-04:002009-05-21T16:34:45.983-04:00I left off "downsized," "right-sized," and the oth...I left off "downsized," "right-sized," and the other euphemisms because they apply more to the organization than to the employee. Some people do say that they have been downsized; I always wonder if their clothes still fit.John McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-32634935230386360972009-05-21T16:08:56.807-04:002009-05-21T16:08:56.807-04:00Terminated, sent into oblivion by killer robots.Terminated, sent into oblivion by killer robots.M.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-72715808415011351502009-05-21T15:15:57.647-04:002009-05-21T15:15:57.647-04:00I think "laid-off" implies permanence. "Furloughe...I think "laid-off" implies permanence. "Furloughed" implies recall rights.Buckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-36574213639990219482009-05-21T14:54:07.797-04:002009-05-21T14:54:07.797-04:00I disagree on "fired." If someone dismisses me and...I disagree on "fired." If someone dismisses me and I don't want to go, I'm fired, regardless of the reason. "Laid off" is best reserved for those cases where a recall is possible.<br /><br />So there.Phillip Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360921983770224038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-58586103549758701372009-05-21T14:35:19.786-04:002009-05-21T14:35:19.786-04:00You forgot RIF'd, Down-sized, Right-sized, Reorgan...You forgot RIF'd, Down-sized, Right-sized, Reorganized, Restructured and Surplused.Buckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-52832105132872164312009-05-21T13:30:22.965-04:002009-05-21T13:30:22.965-04:00I wonder why there are so many euphemisms for dyin...I wonder why there are so many euphemisms for dying while there are relatively few for being fired/laid off/etc.Justinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02254821416020296674noreply@blogger.com