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Subject:RE: I just heard another one From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:59 -0600
I'm not even sure I know what that one's supposed to mean.
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From: Cardimon, Craig [mailto:ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:12 AM
To: Downing, David
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: I just heard another one
> Yesterday, we were talking about the verbing of nouns. Well, I just
came
> from a training session in which the instructor said, "Our goal is to
> get everybody on this system, so that down the road, we can use it for
> career pathing." Come. On. Now. (Use of initial caps for emphasis.)
That's how many people -- and lots of MBAs -- seem to talk these days.
Here's another for you: "Efforting." As in, "I'm currently efforting
that project through Marketing." I kid you not.
Craig
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