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On a scale of new words I dislike, it's actually more annoying to me than "revert back" meaning "get back to you on that", which has a wry charm. Mind you, I a
by unfocussed_mike 5y ago
On a scale of new words I dislike, it's actually more annoying to me than "revert back" meaning "get back to you on that", which has a wry charm.
Mind you, I am still annoyed by people saying "addicting" when they actually mean "addictive", or "concerning" when they mean "a cause for concern".
So I'm really not a good judge. But it still has to go in the circular filing cabinet.
- 1123581321 5y agoIf we were better at keeping -ive suffixed words, we could have had concernive instead to shorten that phrase without misusing -ing. :)
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoNow you're just trying to upset me. ;-)
- yakshaving_jgt 5y agoGreetings, fellow curmudgeons!