Or printing money. Seen as one part of the ’solution’ to the credit crunch, when anyone remotely au fait with past monetary problems around the world knows this is a recipe for financial disaster. Still, whilst we seem to have kids in short trousers, in both government and finance running the world these [...]
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Quantitative easing
Posted in Economics & Finance, Modern Euphemisms, tagged credit crunch, money, quantitative easing on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
sub-prime
Posted in Modern Euphemisms on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
as in “sub-prime mortgage”
Translation
A loan to this borrower is extremely risky: let’s invent a cuddly sounding name for it and sell it on to stupid bankers who don’t know any better.
…secure gated community
Posted in Modern Euphemisms on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When used by estate agents marketing new housing developments.
Translation
Friends and family visiting by car will be inconvenienced, but so too will the local low life who will move elsewhere.
