It means planning, that dread word in our political orthodoxy.

That was one of the other dread words in Robyn's vocabulary.

It amazed me to hear the dread words coming out.

He said the dread words slowly and his eyes filled with tears.

For them, apparently, the dread words "hedge fund" were enough.

Even if oblivion was the only way one could wipe that dread word from one's mind.

Are we to believe that at some point the dread word might acquire respectability?

She opened her mouth and forced out the dread word.

A week later the dread words leaped out at me from the open day book.

- s Even then I was unable to speak the dread words.