Talk:slimdown

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Mr. Granger in topic slimdown

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Rfv-sense "(government) shutdown". Most of the results in Google books I found are either related to weight loss or corporate downsizing. --WikiTiki89 20:29, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Neologism too soon to be in gbooks? Probably never will unless the US govenment keeps on doing this. SpinningSpark 21:08, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, too recent. If Fox News is still saying it a year from now, maybe then. ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 08:40, 19 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Fox tends to coin euphemisms in an effort to influence public debate by characterization. I would treat these coinages under WT:BRAND. bd2412 T 01:35, 29 October 2013 (UTC)Reply