de-elephant

(動詞) 討論目前存在或顯而易見、但不被承認或被忽視的棘手問題。

註:這個動詞來自成語 "the elephant in the room" 或 "the elephant in the living room" (較不常用)。

引句:
Tim is this an elephant in the room week.......Rowleys has been de-elephanted! Now you are suggesting another elephant has arrived,
—Bloodtangerine, "The Parky update post," Fansonline, February 11, 2014

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