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today is Administrative Professionals' Day, what we used to know as Secretary's Day. in honor of this, here is a representative list of dysphemisms: ;) http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/3834444.html
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In not a few of those the dread politically correct term works better at describing the job. What does a bellboy do, ring a bell? At root, janitor means door-keeper or porter.
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>What does a bellboy do, ring a bell?
d'oh.. course not--he responds to one.
-r.o.
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he responds to one
Surely that's not much of a defintion of his job.
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Dunno about that. Ask Pavlov's dog. Woof.
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today is Administrative Professionals' Day, what we used to know as Secretary's Day.I always call it Qwertyuiop's Day. 
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Ask Pavlov's dog. Woof.
Venerable punchline: No, but his face rings a bell...
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