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GM Naughty Words
Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:01 am
Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:01 am
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"Deathtrap," "widowmaker," "rolling sarcophagus."
Those are a few of the words that General Motors asked its employees to avoid using in their internal communications."
"Besides individual words, certain phrases were also discouraged in the presentation. "This is a lawsuit waiting to happen," and "Unbelievable engineering screw-up" were among what the presentation described as "examples of comments that do not help identify and solve problems."
Rather, employees should use phrases like "Windshield wipers did not work properly. Would run for 3-4 seconds and then quit for the next 7-8 minutes... repeatedly."
Among the "Judgement words" employees were told to avoid: "Hindenburg," "powder keg," "Titanic," "apocalyptic," "You're toast," and "Kevorkianesque."
"Deathtrap," "widowmaker," "rolling sarcophagus."
Those are a few of the words that General Motors asked its employees to avoid using in their internal communications."
"Besides individual words, certain phrases were also discouraged in the presentation. "This is a lawsuit waiting to happen," and "Unbelievable engineering screw-up" were among what the presentation described as "examples of comments that do not help identify and solve problems."
Rather, employees should use phrases like "Windshield wipers did not work properly. Would run for 3-4 seconds and then quit for the next 7-8 minutes... repeatedly."
Among the "Judgement words" employees were told to avoid: "Hindenburg," "powder keg," "Titanic," "apocalyptic," "You're toast," and "Kevorkianesque."
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:14 am to beejon
Rolling sarcophagus 
Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:21 am to beejon
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Kevorkianesque
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rolling sarcophagus
Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:29 am to beejon
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Here is a list of words that GM executives apparently barred themselves from using or simply do not understand:
Accountability
Trustworthiness
Honesty
Corporate Integrity
Value
Quality
Customer Service
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:38 am to beejon
Any word on "demon laser"?
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:42 am to beejon
They also don't use the words "fire wall".
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