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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread debt-relief and off-market transaction #158725 04/19/2006 2:12 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Discussed at http://wordcraft.infopop.cc/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/932607094/m/5501082602 the two expressions are euphemisms, but for what everyday or standard-English terms dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: debt-relief and off-market transaction #158726 04/19/2006 3:11 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX debt-relief = writing off bad loans but making it look like charity (esp. if you're going to try to get a government agency to give you the money to cover it or a tax break, etc.) off-market transaction = an accounting transaction that's purely "on the books" (no other party was involved) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: debt-relief and off-market transaction #158727 04/19/2006 8:06 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Myr thank you, but those are definitions not euphemisms For instance, "men's colony" for a prison, "liberation" for invasion, "anticipatory self-defense" for Pre-emptive strike, "extraordinary rendition" for torture dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: debt-relief and off-market transaction #158728 04/20/2006 3:16 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Ahhh... I see, you ass-u-me that the author of the article means "euphemism" in some strict one-to-one word replacement sense. I just ass-u-me'd that you had suddenly lost the ability to derive meaning from context. Silly me. I also put it to you that if I were to say you're being too bloody strict in your interpretation of the word "euphemism" that I had no intention of saying "God's blood" in the place of bloody and in fact could have meant any number of unprintable oaths. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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