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That said, "performant" is not, has never been, and will never be a word. Well, it's certainly Not A Duck. It's pronounceable, it has a widely accepted spelli
by IsaacSchlueter 17y ago
That said, "performant" is not, has never been, and will never be a word.
Well, it's certainly Not A Duck.
It's pronounceable, it has a widely accepted spelling and definition… Seems like a word to me. Time to get over it, I think.
- Semiapies 17y agoMind, it might be an annoying, ugly, overlong, or otherwise undesirable word. I have a vendetta against "utilize", myself.
- anigbrowl 17y ago'blint' is pronounceable but doesn't actually mean anything. The same is true of my username, for that matter. 'Performant' doesn't have any etymological basis, nor does it fill any real need; such words only serve to highlight their employers' lack of vocabulary. Children make up such portmanteau words on a regular basis, but this is generally the result of ignorance rather than originality and is generally curable with the help of a dictionary and thesaurus. English has such a massive vocabulary that if you need a new word and you're not writing a fantasy/sci-fi novel, then it probably means that you weren't paying attention.
- arebop 17y agoDoes it mean "fast" or "efficient" or something else? Both those words are shorter and more widely understood.
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- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoIt means that something "performs well". The specific criteria of performance depends on context. Both "fast" and "efficient" are more specific than performant, but are related concepts. Note that "speed" and "efficiency" are also often related, but not quite the same thing. They fill a different linguistic need. Performant is pretty widely understood, in my experience.