Mealy-Mouthed

Mealy-Mouthed:

ADJECTIVE: Unwilling to state facts or opinions simply and directly.

As in, when your boss writes a cryptic memo directed and distributed to everyone that begins with the statement "For those of you who keep your bench and work area clean, you can stop reading now...."

WORD HISTORY: It seems fitting that Martin Luther, a man noted for the forthright expression of his ideas, may have had a hand in giving us the contemptuous term we apply to those unwilling to state facts or opinions directly.

It seems fitting that the founder of the second most autocratic sect of Christianity coins a term that divulges a fear of the consequences of what one says.

God Damn The Paper Man

You know I've thrown a lot of Posts
O' Lord, I've tossed a lot of News
But I never made 'nuff money
the gas bill makes me blue
You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round
With Cameras in their eyes
But the Paperman don't care
Ah, if you want it or if you lie

God damn, The Paper
God damn, I say The Paper
I said God damn, God damn The Paper man

You know the d'livery boy, the d'livery boy is a man
With the Journal in his hand
Oh but the Paperman is a monster
Good God, he's not a natural man
The delivery boy for a nickel
Lord, will show you where to be a buyer
Ah, but the Paperman ruin your life
Lord, he'll break your winda's, he'll slash your Caddy's tires

God damn, The Paper
God damn, God damn the Paper
I said God damn, God, God damn The Paper man

Well, now if this rag was placed in my hand
You know, I would not ever cross The Paper man
I'd tip him if he prompt, and I'd thank him if he late
Yes that complaint hotline makes him oh so irate

God damn The Paper
Gad damn The Paper
I said God damn, God damn The Paper man

apologies to: Steppenwolf, The Fox