Impact as a Verb
by Zia ~ January 5th, 2006. Filed under: Ephemera.I’m all for the evolution of language — but I still hate the use of “impact” as a verb. It reminds me of what happens to a tooth.
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I’m all for the evolution of language — but I still hate the use of “impact” as a verb. It reminds me of what happens to a tooth.
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:17 pm
I hate that too, teeth and horse guts. I hate “utilize.”
Whatever happened to good old use?
January 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Kate, I am SO with you. Another one is incentivize. ARGH.