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Sure, but it could be a sign of poor taste. Not for the supposed vulgarity, but for the lack of use of more interesting words. It's like the rampant over-use
by jamesbritt 15y ago
Sure, but it could be a sign of poor taste.
Not for the supposed vulgarity, but for the lack of use of more interesting words.
It's like the rampant over-use of the word "awesome". Fine word, nothing wrong with using it, but using it as the adjective for everything indicates a lack of critical thinking skills.
- vacri 15y agoIf I have to deal with people using marketroid-style 'impact' when the correct word is 'affect', then others should just suck it up and not worry about 'fuck' being used as 'lack of verbiage'. 'Impact' in presentations needs to die (well, perhaps it can stay in physics or medicine presentations...)
- jamesbritt 15y agoI don't disagree about the use of "impact". In fact, I'd be happier if people went hardcore by saying "fucking impact". :)
- joe24pack 15y agoHow about the use of "impactful" ? (I swear by The Fates, the FSM's Noodly Appendage, and the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch that actual English speaking human beings used that word) On the few occasions that I hear someone using the word "impactful", I'm tempted to ask "Do you mean 'effective'?"
- thenduks 15y agoI find the word 'fuck' plenty interesting. Also I hardly think, in the context of giving presentations/talks at conferences, that it is overused like 'awesome'. In fact the presentation seemingly in question (the documentation one) only uses the word 'fuck' once (and 'shit' once) that I saw. Honestly from my perspective the excessive talk of drinking and booze is much more worrying than some perceived overuse of a random English word.