Peter Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It's another euphemism progress, like water-closet > lavatory > bathroom > 
> rest-room etc. (I've probably missed some links in that chain). Someone 
> dislikes an aspect of the original word - "fault" in this case - and 
> euphemises it to "problem", then that becomes tainted with the original 
> association and it gets downgraded again to "issue". Anyone want to 
> speculate what will come next?

It already has. I have heard bugs and unexpected behaviour referred to
as 'features'.
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