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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 11:13 AM
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Poll question: THE REAL POLL: Least Favorite Neologism/Buzzword.
For those needing explanation, a neologism is a made-up word which garners popular acceptance and a buzzword is an existing word which has been corrupted or overused to the point of meaninglessness. Which one do you think is tearing apart the fabric of the universe faster, careering it with greatest facility at breakneck speed to entropic heat death?
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 11:14 AM
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1. I SO give up.
I can't get this poll right so I'm leaving it.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 11:18 AM
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2. Bling
I also hate the expression, "speaks to."
As in, "Her tragic story speaks to the issues of race and class in America."
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 12:17 PM
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4. Agreed...
Yes. The correct word is "addresses", possibly "relates" depending on the meaning.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 11:26 AM
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3. Faith-based, but also "partnering".
Faith-based is not a word. The correct term is "religious" or "sectarian."

Partner is not a verb. The correct term is either "cooperating" or "collaberating".
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