Timeline for What do you call a plan that's an alternative plan in case your initial plan fails?
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| Apr 15, 2019 at 14:19 | comment | added | J... | Not just a negative connotation but also could lead to misunderstandings or ambiguity. "Fallback!" is a pretty clear order to do a pretty clear thing - you don't want a commander telling people to go to the "fallback" plan and have people start running away because they misheard the context. Same reason air traffic control never use the word "takeoff" unless they are telling someone they are clear for takeoff - you don't want someone hearing the word and thinking they've been told to do something they've not. | |
| Apr 15, 2019 at 5:29 | comment | added | mckenzm | As do "Abort" and "Surrender". But consider also "Auftragstaktik" borrowed from the German. Only used in very educated circles. | |
| Apr 15, 2019 at 1:05 | comment | added | Xen2050 | Great answer, especially since the Q has a military example. | |
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| Apr 14, 2019 at 11:16 | history | answered | Michael Bell | CC BY-SA 4.0 |