Re: Most annoying words

Subject: Re: Most annoying words
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:18:34 -0500

Henry Meyerding wrote:

I can't believe it wasn't mentioned: utilize

Mentioned it several days ago, but its so overused (and wrongly used) that it should be mentioned more...especially to news reporters and marketing types who want their material to sound more profound than it really is.

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Most annoying words: From: Henry Meyerding

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