WTF is ‘de-growth’, anonymous analyst onCNBC/TV-18? when a company’s actual size or balance sheet reduces, it’s a contraction or even scarier, a loss. it’s like calling death ‘de-living’. the english language is many years old and has dealth with enough phenomena to be able to accomodate us without resorting to idiocy to cover up bad news.
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I always preferred “contraction.” It had such happy overtones.
Very well put!
De-licious! But then, what’s licious?
Aif, my reader(s?) have taste. Yours is the Most Popular Outgoing Link from SH this week.
Now to fix it so it actually comes here!