Environmentalists have combined black swan with white elephant to form the term black elephant, meaning “something likely to happen that will have a detrimental impact.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Black Elephants”
Have you heard the term black elephant?
No, I know pink elephant and white elephant.
Yeah, and you know black swan, right?
Right.
That’s like an unexpected or unlikely event that has really big consequences.
Yes.
Black elephant is something that environmentalists are using that’s a combination of black swan and the elephant in the room.
That is, it’s something that’s really big that’s going to hit us soon.
So it’s likely to happen and it’s going to have huge detrimental impact.
Yes.
Wow.
Okay.
Well, what is the slang that you use in your field?
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