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Subject:Re: Don't you love farce? From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:12:59 -0700
Jo Baer wrote:
> Speaking of which, puhLEEZE tell me that the two new words I learned on the bus
> today (yes I know it's rude to read over someone's shoulder, but it's a habit you
> pick up on public transit) will disappear soon. The new verb is "decisioning." And
> who decisions? Why, a "decisioner," of course! Makes my teeth hurt...
Hey, it's just somebody trying to be creative (ok, they're not so good at it).
I admit, though, that it sounds likes something my wife and I would come up with when
we're trying to coin words that are as ridiculous as possible.
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