feedback sandwich
n.— «This is an especially tough one because they’re trying to be honest and tell it like it is. “When using this route as a dumper, provide them with what I call a “feedback sandwich” (positive-negative-positive). Don’t just rattle off all the negative things to justify your decision.”» —“Break-up etiquette” by Rob Kalesse News Journal (Wilmington, Del.) Feb. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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