[thelist] Re: thelist OT (verbage)

[Tara Cleveland]

Hi all,

The only place I've heard the terms "impacted" and "verbage" is working for 
web design firms. In my experience, these terms are used more by marketing 
types, but maybe that's just an isolated experience.  One of the firms I was 
working for actually used these terms on their website. When I pointed out 
that it wasn't proper English to use them (and probably looked 
unprofessional to clients), the VPs decided to use them anyway.

I've got to say that they annoy the hell out of me. I agree that impacted 
(as used to describe an impact of something on something else) is a vague 
way of describing an impact, good or bad. The proper use of the term 
describes impacted wisdom teeth (not exactly a positive association). 
Verbage annoys me because it is just a mispronunciation of verbiage, a wordy 
term in any case. If you're going to be wordy and pretentious, you should 
know the words you're using.

My 2 cents.

Tara Cleveland

<tip type=I can never think of anything very good>
If you are a freelancer or a temp (for Aquent like me), and work in 
different companies it can be really handy to put a page on your personal 
website with all of the resources that you might need so you can access it 
online. For example a 216-colour palette, a link to evolt, a link to 
javascript libraries, a link to your invoice form/timesheets etc.
</tip>

From:
                 "Chris Danek" <Chris.Danek at cmgisolutions.com>
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Subject:
                 RE: [thelist] OT (verbage)
Date:
                 Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:02:35 -0400


Not entirely. Buzzwords give flesh to new ideas that cannot be
encapsulated
shortly and conveniently otherwise.

cd

><< That's the problem with most buzzwords. They're euphemisms.
>
>And that's what they are intended to be: vague, misleading
terms that
>communicate something non-commital so the person using the
>buzzword cannot be
>fully responsible for the actuality being different from what
the person
>thought was said.

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