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To: i88schwartz

1984 Language Alert: “Crosshairs” to be replaced by some euphemism. Candidates?

I’ll start: “Perpendicularly organized alignment aid”


3 posted on 01/18/2011 4:58:56 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
..."Crosshairs" to be replaced by some euphemism. Candidates?

"Grumpy rabbits"?

13 posted on 01/18/2011 5:06:19 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Replace “Crosshairs” with “sights”. Or how about instead of saying that “bill is in my cross hairs”, just saying “I’ve got a bullet with Bill’s name on it.”

Gawd these people are idiots. It’s hard to take them seriously. Has been for a long time, actually.


14 posted on 01/18/2011 5:09:29 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“Registration Mark”


19 posted on 01/18/2011 5:27:57 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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