SIB
n.— «The very word “suicide” had been replaced by the authorities with the term Manipulative Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB)—and there were still plenty of SIBs. The military was lying by semantics.» —“Gitmo’s Hunger Strikers” by Clive Stafford Smith Truthout Sept. 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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