Adam's Apple
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Match the top column doublespeak words with plain English words in the column directly below.
Job Jargon
1. automotive internist
2. urban transportation specialist
3. nail technician
4. media courier
5. sex industry worker
6. interment excavation expert
7. entropy control engineer
8. animal control warden
9. clothing refresher
10. service technician
11. member of vertical transportation corps
12. career associate scanning professional
a. dry cleaner
b. repairman
c. junk dealer
d. prostitute
e. janitor
f. manicurist
g. elevator operator
h. cab or bus driver
i. checkout clerk
j. dogcatcher
k. car mechanic
l. newspaper deliverer
m. gravedigger
War Words
1. enhanced radiation device
2. incursion
3. pre-dawn vertical insertion
4. protective reaction strike
5. pre-hostility
6. regime change
7. redeployment
8. collateral casualties
9. classified
10. detainee
11. interrogation techniques
12. shock and awe
a. secret
b. prisoner of war
c. torture
d. nuclear bomb
e. massive bombing
f. invasion
g. invasion with parachutes
h. peace
i. bombing
j. retreat
k. civilian deaths
l. overthrow
I think you can probably match these up without any help. If you need answers, let me know.
Job Jargon
1. automotive internist
2. urban transportation specialist
3. nail technician
4. media courier
5. sex industry worker
6. interment excavation expert
7. entropy control engineer
8. animal control warden
9. clothing refresher
10. service technician
11. member of vertical transportation corps
12. career associate scanning professional
a. dry cleaner
b. repairman
c. junk dealer
d. prostitute
e. janitor
f. manicurist
g. elevator operator
h. cab or bus driver
i. checkout clerk
j. dogcatcher
k. car mechanic
l. newspaper deliverer
m. gravedigger
War Words
1. enhanced radiation device
2. incursion
3. pre-dawn vertical insertion
4. protective reaction strike
5. pre-hostility
6. regime change
7. redeployment
8. collateral casualties
9. classified
10. detainee
11. interrogation techniques
12. shock and awe
a. secret
b. prisoner of war
c. torture
d. nuclear bomb
e. massive bombing
f. invasion
g. invasion with parachutes
h. peace
i. bombing
j. retreat
k. civilian deaths
l. overthrow
I think you can probably match these up without any help. If you need answers, let me know.