69 Forbidden Words

[packman]

A memo at GM , tells exec's and employees not to use these words - Christ, no wonder they are being fined 35 million - the poor engineer who found the defects was stymied on how to express it to his superiors.

"always, annihilate, apocalyptic, asphyxiating, bad, Band-Aid, big time, brakes like an “X” car, cataclysmic, catastrophic, Challenger, chaotic, Cobain, condemns, Corvair-like, crippling, critical, dangerous, deathtrap, debilitating, decapitating, defect, defective, detonate, disemboweling, enfeebling, evil, eviscerated, explode, failed, flawed, genocide, ghastly, grenadelike, grisly, gruesome, Hindenburg, Hobbling, Horrific, impaling, inferno, Kevorkianesque, lacerating, life-threatening, maiming, malicious, mangling, maniacal, mutilating, never, potentially-disfiguring, powder keg, problem, rolling sarcophagus (tomb or coffin), safety, safety related, serious, spontaneous combustion, startling, suffocating, suicidal, terrifying, Titanic, unstable, widow-maker, words or phrases with a biblical connotation, you’re toast"

And even more nonsense:

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/05/16/the-69-words-you-cant-use-at-gm/

[bettyellen]

1. we are not to use the word "problem" but call it a challenge instead, LOL. It is about framing to

be solution oriented, while not pointing fingers angrily. If you use the word problem, it could cause a much bigger challenge for you.

[Eleanors38]

4. "...gain concensus on a win-win, then move forward..."

[bettyellen]

5. grab that low hanging fruit! leverage that opportunity! I swear I had no idea what people were

talking about my first year here because I had always worked at small companies before.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. So, he forbade Truth in Advertising.

[Eleanors38]

3. Quite a mouthful, ending at "69."

[packman]

6. Now. why did you say that

I was trying , oh so hard, to avoid the double entendre and then you went and posted it anyway. Shame.

[Ron Obvious]

7. "Cobain"?

[Turbineguy]

8. Many years ago, my Mother worked for Forest Lawn Cemetery

They were told not to use such expressions as: "I'll see what I can dig up!"