tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441939.post5717546754707262271..comments2024-02-12T06:41:14.630+01:00Comments on Il Sette Bello: Warning: word rant aheadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441939.post-85054971940175520592007-04-18T21:40:00.000+02:002007-04-18T21:40:00.000+02:00Thank you for "legitimizing" my long-felt anger at...Thank you for "legitimizing" my long-felt anger at this trend. My current job involves writing training designs for gov't programs. In this work, I am at war with those who would have me "concretize" information and "strategize" how to resolve problems. At first, I bristled at the thought of "popcorning out answers" from training participants; however, I'm less opposed to "popcorn" as a verb than I am "strategy" and "concrete." Popcorn is at least a nice metaphor.<BR/><BR/>That said, there was an excellent example in today's NY Times of the ONE noun I don't mind being "verbized" (maybe because I'm a self-loathing American and feel the dirty process of changing nouns into verbs is best represented by the "Americanization" of the world and its foremost language):<BR/><BR/>Federal investigators said Mr. Cho — a South Korean immigrant who Americanized his name and preferred to be known as Seung Cho — left behind a note that they described as a lengthy, rambling and bitter list of complaints...<BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18virginia.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=sloginAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441939.post-81534001351920218602007-03-22T14:53:00.000+01:002007-03-22T14:53:00.000+01:00say it with me, people:MOTIVATE, ENCOURAGE, INSPIR...say it with me, people:<BR/><BR/>MOTIVATE, ENCOURAGE, INSPIRE, PROD, IMPEL evenBernhard Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362318132364843733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441939.post-62900700294352396492007-03-22T13:31:00.000+01:002007-03-22T13:31:00.000+01:00I'll have you know the evil corporate overlords ha...I'll have you know the evil corporate overlords have a dastardly new plot underway. Not content with "incentivize" they are now using the bastardized "incent" as a verb, as in "We have to find a way to incent users to generate their own content."Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277129134091995209noreply@blogger.com