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‘Bailout’ vs. ‘rescue’ and other euphemisms

September 29th, 2008 at 10:28am Georgette Braun

Seems like over the weekend, our $700 billion ‘bailout’ of U.S. financial institutions turned into a $700 billion ‘rescue.’

Hmm.

Tell about your pet-peeve euphemisms, and vote in this poll.

Which word is a more truthful representation?
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