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a short person = a vertically challenged person

laying employees off = downsizing

a strip club = a gentleman's club

used car = preowned vehicle

you're fired = we're letting you go

cancer = "The big C"

a prison = a correctional facility

feeling sick = being "under the weather"

many soldiers have been killed = heavy casualties

Where is the bathroom? = Where can I powder my nose?

a person who isn't very smart = a person who's "not the sharpest knife in the drawer"

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