Guffipedia
Lucy Kellaway’s dictionary of business jargon and corporate nonsense
Demise
Translation into plain English You're fired
Perpetrator HSBC
Usage example "The bank will be demising the roles of 942 relationship managers."
Lucy’s commentary In "demising", HSBC has done the impossible and invented a euphemism for firing people that is harsher than the real thing. It made it sound as if it were not merely sacking staff - it was exterminating them.