"And 'uninstalled.' That's the new euphemism for being fired, as in the message on the voice mail of an executive at a downsizing computer firm, 'You have reached the number of an uninstalled vice president. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance."
—John Lang, " 'Dilbertisms' make life fun down on the cubicle farm," The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 18, 1999