Euphemism of the Week



A recent New Yorker article reported that an outside auditor assessing a school building project in Nepal was called "very healthy" by locals.  This was their euphemism for "massively obese."  According to writer Peter Hessler, while walking from one school to another, the auditor "was overwhelmed by healthiness and had to sit down."


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Published on December 28, 2010 08:59
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