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GM doesn’t want employees using these words in memos

Via GM's latest document stream: "grenadelike," "Kevorkianesque."

A quick follow-up to last week’s story about the $35 million fine General Motors is going to pay for not telling the truth about its ignition switch problems.

As part of the document dump related to that case, there’s a PowerPoint presentation about how to describe the recall process. Words employees were never to use? “Grenadelike,” “Kevorkianesque,” “widow-maker,” and “rolling sarcophagus,” and more:

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