Leakage in assets

femuse · 12-01-2004, 05:43 PM

:D

Is there a nicer exemple of a "euphemism" than: Leakage in assets ?

I heard this term last evening on the national news:

a company chosen by the US government to manage "oil money" for the Iraqui people have

"misplaced" $8.8 billion of said fund.

The use of words like "stole", "swiped", "looted" , "plundered", .... would not look good on their resume; so, somebody came up with the charming expression: "There was a leakage in assets" :D

sinamms · 03-21-2005, 03:47 PM

I understood your whole message but not the saying "leakage in assests" :$:$

could anyone translate it into french please

?

pluiepoco · 03-31-2005, 04:58 PM

assets drain

giomango · 05-30-2005, 01:01 PM

A term I've heard referring to a business's loss of inventory due employee or customer theft is "shrinkage"

12-01-2004, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
femuse Senior International Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 209 femuse is an unknown character at this point	Leakage in assets :D Is there a nicer exemple of a "euphemism" than: Leakage in assets ? I heard this term last evening on the national news: a company chosen by the US government to manage "oil money" for the Iraqui people have "misplaced" $8.8 billion of said fund. The use of words like *"stole", "swiped", "looted" , "plundered*", .... would not look good on their resume; so, somebody came up with the charming expression: "There was a leakage in assets" :D
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03-21-2005, 03:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
sinamms Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 45 sinamms is an unknown character at this point	I understood your whole message but not the saying "leakage in assests" :$:$ could anyone translate it into french please ?
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03-31-2005, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,186 Blog Entries: 3 pluiepoco came out of the blue	assets drain
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05-30-2005, 01:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
giomango Junior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charlotte,NC Posts: 17 giomango is an unknown character at this point	A term I've heard referring to a business's loss of inventory due employee or customer theft is "shrinkage"
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