EUPHEMISM OF THE WEEK:

“SLOWDOWN”

This new buzzword is bouncing around all over the place. You'll hear it every time the powers that be describe the current economic state in America. In the next few weeks, expect "slowdown" to escape the lips of every politician on the campaign stump, any representative of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and even those “reporters” on the evening news.
Definition: Recession. See also Great Panic and Black Tuesday.