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Subject:Re: Most annoying word From:Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:31:18 -0800 (PST)
I hate the term "best practice." It's vague and means
different things to different people. More often than
not, it's used simply as a synonym for "procedure."
Steven Brown
--- Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Just out of curiousity...what are your choices for
> the most annoying and
> overused buzzword used in your office? I have a few
> words that as a writer
> just make me cringe when someone uses them and even
> worse when someone wants
> them in my writing. :) I won't mention them yet, as
> I am interested in what
> you all choose. However, I will admit that I have
> "The Apprentice" on in the
> background as I write this. Talk about annoying
> words...spoken by annoying
> people :)
>
> Melissa
>
>
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