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utilize been on my internal list for about a decade. always has the opposite effect as intended on me. i question if the writer is playing intellectual dress up
by boogieknite 2y ago
utilize been on my internal list for about a decade. always has the opposite effect as intended on me. i question if the writer is playing intellectual dress up.
our CEO does it A LOT. a personal emperors new clothes scenario. anyone ever confront upper management and correct language that signals they dont know what theyre talking about?
it seems to me that many small business ceos are emperors in new clothes talking amongst themselves so i rationalize thats just how they speak and expect to be spoken to. confronting not worth risking a knee-jerk-response to an injured ego
- golly_ned 2y agoIf your ceo saying “utilize” instead of “use” is your most trenchant criticism of your ceo, consider yourself blessed. Better to let this one go.
- busterarm 2y agoIf your CEO is always saying "utilize", I'd just make the "doin it" finger motions every time until he stops.
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoLet me interject for a moment to tell you about our lord and saviour, “leverage”.
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoAnd disciples "reach out", "touch base", and "circle back."
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoDon’t mention them in vain, lest you call Synergy from the deeps of oblivion! Best of breed, of course.
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoEnterprise-grade at scale.
- boogieknite 2y agoi hear "leverage" more than see it in docs/email, but almost only ever see "utilize" in writing.
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoI’m entertaining a hypothesis that “Leverage” rolls from the tongue smoothly, but “utilize” is more of a breeze to produce on a QWERTY keyboard.