This is some messed up stuff right here. Via WAPO 2 hrs ago:
What do the words “safety,” ‘’chaotic” and “problem” have in common? They’re all on General Motors’ list of banned words for employees who were documenting potential safety issues.
The revelation of the 68-word list is one of the odder twists in GM’s ongoing recall of 2.6 million older-model small cars for defective ignition switches.
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Adjectives like “bad,” ‘’terrifying,” ‘’dangerous,” ‘’horrific” and “evil” are on the list. So are unflattering terms like “deathtrap,” ‘’widow-maker” and “Hindenburg.” Even seemingly benign words like “always” and “never” made it on the list.
From there, it veers into the extraordinary. “Kevorkianesque” — as in the late assisted-suicide activist Jack Kevorkian — and “Corvair-like” — a reference to the GM car once called “unsafe at any speed” by Ralph Nader — are on it; so is “apocalyptic,” ‘’grisly” and “rolling sarcophagus.” Phrases like “unbelievable engineering screw-up” and “potentially disfiguring” were also discouraged.