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Saying 'negative patient care outcome' when you mean the patient died.
means The use of many roundabout words where a few direct ones would do, especially to dodge saying something plainly.
from From Latin circum ('around') plus locutio ('speaking'), itself from loqui ('to speak') — so literally 'a talking-around.' The word walks in circles on purpose, which is rather the point.
- literal roots
- latin for talking around in circles
- favorite habitat
- corporate memos, political non-answers
- related skill
- firing someone without saying fired
- opposite virtue
- a sentence that just says the thing