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The one that makes me want to gouge my eyes is "performant", the word that isn't.

• mc32 12y ago
  I find not using declension to sound hip a bit jarring: Total spend (instead of budget, expense) Compute power (instead of computing power) Maybe it's just me and maybe they are grammatically correct but it just seems like trying to sound in-clique..
• mhb 12y ago
  I also find the functionality of that word questionable.
• zimpenfish 12y ago
  The thing is, though, if people use the word (which they do) and people understand it (which they do), then it's a perfectly valid part of the language regardless of how much you want to tilt at your ivory windmills.
• bane 12y ago
  It's a fairly recent French loan word with Anglicized pronunciation. It has two meanings: 1 - A person who performs (alternative to performer). With semantics that suggests it's for more serious roles. "The performant did a wonderful job during the ceremony." 2 - Efficient, effective. Considered a term-of-art in technical disciplines. "The shape of this new hull design is far more performant than previous generations of ships."