00:01 [TITLE] Euphemisms

00:06 [ MAN and WOMAN stand with coffees.] WOMAN: Hey, did you hear we lost another employee?

00:08 MAN: She died?

00:09 WOMAN: No, pink-slipped.

00:11 MAN: Oh, let go.

00:12 WOMAN: Downsized.

00:13 MAN: Mmmm.

00:14 WOMAN: Yeah. You know, she's in the ladies' room crying.

00:16 MAN: The john?

00:17 WOMAN: The restroom.

00:18 MAN: The powder room.

00:19 WOMAN: The throne.

00:20 MAN: I feel kind of sorry for her. You know, she was… [makes gesture at his belly]

00:23 WOMAN: In a family way.

00:24 MAN: Expecting.

00:25 WOMAN: Yeah, her dad just kicked the bucket, too.

00:26 MAN: Pushing daisies.

00:27 WOMAN: Six feet under.

00:28 MAN: Up with his maker.

00:30 WOMAN: Poor girl.

00:30 MAN: Poor girl.

00:31 [Both drink coffees.]

00:34 [TEXT ONSCREEN] Euphemisms: Inoffensive words or phrases that substitute for terms that might be perceived as upsetting.