Playboy After Hours
July, 1960
Inflation, a clear and present danger on the economic level, is quickly becoming more and more of a devaluating influence on our everyday language as well. We refer specifically to the growing trend toward making jobs seem what they are not by giving them pompous titles. Thus, janitors have become "superintendents" and "maintenance engineers"; cab drivers are officially known as "public chauffeurs" and truck drivers want to be known as "van operators"; buy...
