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rlritt's avatar

It's funny because when I was a kid they made jokes about calling Garbage men sanitation managers.

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Ben Gruder's avatar

I heard "sanitation engineers" back in the day. The renaming game has been going on a long time. It usually has a very short shelf-life of effectiveness, because inevitably the stigma comes back once enough people see through the euphemism. For instance, how long 'differently abled' is going to serve the purpose?

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