Dear Alma: on Secret Codewords

CFAAugust 30, 2014August 30, 2014Academic Freedom, Dear Alma, shared governance, Transparency, Uncategorized, UnionizationAdjunct Faculty, Dear Alma, faculty union, non-tenure-track faculty, NTT Faculty, raises, salaries, Unionization

Dear Alma,

My friend says “civility” is just a codeword for “don’t upset the donors”. Could she be right?

Yours,
Politically Sensitive

Dear Polly,

You can’t spell “euphemism” without “UI”.
Well you could, but it would be “ephemsm”.

Love Alma

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