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> I fear the economic reality on the backside of this kind of spend. Minor nitpick. Use of the word 'spend' as a noun is not widespread and not well known.
by kanbankaren 2y ago
> I fear the economic reality on the backside of this kind of spend.
Minor nitpick. Use of the word 'spend' as a noun is not widespread and not well known.
- throwaway2037 2y agoAs someone who works in finance, I would disagree. I asked ChatGPT: Is the noun spend rare? ChatGPT said: The noun "spend" is relatively rare compared to its more common form as a verb. While "spend" is widely used as a verb (meaning to give money or time for something), as a noun, it refers to an expenditure or the act of spending, and it’s not as commonly encountered. In most contexts, people would use alternatives like "expenditure," "spending," or "outlay" instead of "spend" as a noun. That said, it is still used occasionally in certain contexts, especially in financial or informal language.
- kanbankaren 2y agoWell, ChatGPT is making the same point. Not well known outside the financial industry. The majority of audience and posters of ycombinator are not in that industry group, right?
- c0redump 2y ago“Spend” is a common term in advertising, which is arguably the single largest employer of software engineers
- frankfrank13 2y agoYeah fair, I forget HN is very international, this may read as just straight up weird