Stupid names for everyday things

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Drago

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You know, quite often motivate by dpolitical correctness, people with the management skills of David Brent, or even the simply mischievous. We knew where we were in the old days when a spade was called a spade, but these days it's often quite difficult to figure what the hell they're on about.

Two examples to start you off. When I were a lad - a long time ago, I know - schools were called schools. Now locally we seem not to have schools any more, one being called a Learning Centre and another being called a Learning Village. And since when did they stop employing head teachers? You knew who the head was, but what on earth is a principal? It's the sort of evasive bullpois you'd expect to find in a dodgy used car advert, not a seat of learning.

So what other examples of daft names for every day things can you think of?
 

tom73

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Location
Yorkshire
A principal is one step away from an executive head like our academy chain becoming a millionaire in the process.
 
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Drago

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Look at any civil servant job roles.
You'll find hundreds of examples.

Oh indeed, very rich pickings.
 

Brains

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Location
Greenwich
You know, quite often motivate by political correctness, people with the management skills of David Brent, or even the simply mischievous. We knew where we were in the old days when a spade was called a spade, but these days it's often quite difficult to figure what the hell they're on about.

Typical; Why cant you just call a spade a Statistical Packet Anomaly Detection Engine, we would know what you were talking about !
 
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