Re: Hokay, I officially give up...

On 5/22/09, Mathieu Bouchard <matju-i8w/[email protected]> wrote:

> > And in most situations I'm in, prioritizing is a euphemism for triage.
>
> I don't know how much this word sounds bad to you. In the English
> dictionary, it sounds much like sorting, and in the original French, it is
> precisely the noun that means «sorting».

In colloquial American English (at least as I hear it), triage is a
medical term meaning when doctors are examining many victims, deciding
who gets treated, who can be ignored, and who is going to die. It
implies both tough decisions and emotional pain. So yes, it's
"sorting", but sorting alone lacks the urgency and emotional impact of
triage.

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