>>>>>>>>>Just like they have "subpoenaed" a witness... what, "underpunished"? Because "sub poena" means literally that, "under punishment".
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>>>>>>>>Ah, but I guess the implication is; "Come and be a witness - under punishment of imprisonment if you fail"
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>>>>>>>That surely is the implication, but they made "under punishment" a transitive verb :).
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>>>>>>I dig that in English though. Like "This process will take too long so I'll over-night it", or "Just for once I'd like to eat lunch in a restaurant; I'm sick of brown-bagging"
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>>>>>Don't you mean you'd like to 'do' lunch in a restaurant?
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>>>>isn't that an expression only for american business people or "ladies who lunch"? I hate that expression. I'm not too keen on people describing places they've been like "Yeah, we did Turkey last year", like it's a chore that needs to be got out the way.
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>>>Oh, never been there, but that's what we say about Thanksgiving. Similarly, "We did steaks on the weekend."
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>>>Or how about 'task' as a verb, or, and here's one of my all time favourites, 'Wellness'. Wellness? I have to go to the wellness clinic on Friday. Jeez!!!
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>>Wellness, YES! I agree! What's wrong with "health"?
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>Ah, well, you see "health" is too noncommittal. Does it mean good or bad? Nonono, "wellness" means "good health", and when you have an overwhelming and urgent need for a noun, then "well" is certainly quite inadequate. Just as the word "fat" is worthless when you can make up a perfectly adequate new word like "cellulite".

A Health Clinic to me, means somewhere to go to ensure your [good] health, and doesn't need "wellness". I'm sure there aren't any establishments where you'd go to become poorly! :-)

I don't think fat and cellulite are the same thing. I think cellulite is a kind of connective tissue that doesn't expand with the increase of fat. Hence it causes the skin to pucker, like pulling a stitch too tight through fabric will rouche or "gather" it.

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>Another good one is "anti-aging", when what they really mean is "hiding wrinkles". I always have to wonder about people who visit "anti-aging" clinics. Do they think they will stop aging? Do they think they will start living backward in time like Merlin?

Well, that's euphemism, isn't it. It's like you can't get a second-hand car nowadays; it's "pre-owned"

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>>"I've been tasked with this" Yuck!
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>>How about "Leverage your software"?
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>>If we're talking corporate-speak now, my all-time worst was when I was on a training day, way back. Some guy kept asking questions of the lecturer, during his spiel, that delayed everyone. After a while the lecturer said "Can we take that offline and discuss it later?". I nearly swallowed my tongue!
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>Yeah, that's a good one. I hear that a lot. I also love to "take" a meeting because I've always felt that "have" is such an ugly and despicable word.

Well you could always "attend" a meeting. If you're in charge you could "direct" it.