mike ([info]wordzguy) wrote,
@ 2005-05-18 12:47:00
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Seth posts "Five Words Brought On By The New Job That The Mrs. Wishes I'd Stop Using", which is effectively a list of vocabulary that's au courant here at Giant World-Famous NW Software Company, Inc (a.k.a. "Ginrmous Software, Inc.", perhaps, har-har):

  1. Architect, as a verb
  2. Take-away(s), that do not involve food
  3. Pivot, when not referring to sports or things mechanical (“I pivot on the small and mid-market.”)
  4. Enterprise, when describing a business
  5. Message, as a verb
He admits he was "inspired by" 5ives, which has this entry:

Five words Madeline would just as soon I stopped using for a while
  1. orthogonal
  2. notional
  3. sciolist
  4. functionality
  5. janky

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[info]solri
2005-05-18 02:50 pm UTC (link)
1. Architect is not a verb. He's the person who designed the Matrix.
2. If they don't involve food, what do they involve? Ram-raiding?
3. The only non-mechanical pivot I know is a pivot table, and that's pretty silly.
4. Why would you call a business after a starship?
5. Is that what Christians do when they knock on your door?

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