Sujet : Re: The Men Who Killed Google
De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 24. Apr 2024, 16:00:13
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Sn!pe <
snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote at 14:47 this Wednesday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:
[snip]
It was interesting. What's a hatchet job? I don't think I've heard that
expression before.
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More or less, it's character assassination (not that I have any reason
to doubt the veracity of the report).
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OED (Apple edition):
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hatchet job
noun informal
a fierce written attack on someone or their work:
she does hatchet jobs, not reviews.
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character assassination
noun [mass noun]
the malicious and unjustified harming of a person's good reputation:
all too often they discredit themselves by engaging in character
assassination.
Oh, thanks.
-- user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
The Men Who Killed Google
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