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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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What potential employers so tactfully referred to as my ‘history?
Does it mean "what my prospective bosses would say, in a clever manner, about my history"?
Context:
Lewinsky also writes that she turned down offers that would have paid her millions in the wake of the scandal but then struggled to land a normal work position. She interviewed for numerous jobs in communications and brand marketing after obtaining a degree from the London School of Economics but prospective employers always found her not quite right for the position, she writes.
The problem was “what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my ‘history,’ ” writes Lewinsky.
Context:
Lewinsky also writes that she turned down offers that would have paid her millions in the wake of the scandal but then struggled to land a normal work position. She interviewed for numerous jobs in communications and brand marketing after obtaining a degree from the London School of Economics but prospective employers always found her not quite right for the position, she writes.
The problem was “what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my ‘history,’ ” writes Lewinsky.
Top answer
It's not in a clever manner, but in a tactful or euphemistic manner (they say "your history" rather than, for example, "that lurid scandal that you were famously involved in").
- It's not in a clever manner, but in a tactful or euphemistic manner (they say "your history" rather than, for example, "that lurid scandal that you were famously involved in").
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It's not in a clever manner, but in a tactful or euphemistic manner (they say "your history" rather than, for example, "that lurid scandal that you were famously involved in").
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By the way, strictly it's not saying that the problem was "What my prospective bosses would say ... about my history", it's saying that the problem was the actual so-called "history" itself. Sorry, I overlooked that aspect of your question.
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