Какое слово!

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sub rosa \suhb-ROH-zuh\, adverb:
Secretly; privately; confidentially.
sub-rosa, adjective:
Designed to be secret or confidential; secretive; private.

Sub rosa comes from the Latin, literally "under the rose," from the ancient association of the rose with confidentiality, the origin of which traces to a famous story in which Cupid gave Harpocrates, the god of silence, a rose to bribe him not to betray the confidence of Venus. Hence the ceilings of Roman banquet-rooms were decorated with roses to remind guests that what was spoken sub vino (under the influence of wine) was also sub rosa.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2005/12/19.html

Надо писать посты не под замком, а под розой.

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[taki-net.livejournal.com]

Ага. Я даже изредка его употребляю, но не в ЖЖ. Богатая идея...