Wow, Jesse's going big-time on us.
I am pretty sure "operationalize" was a word coined by the US military. It smacks of that pedigree.
Dylan, tell 'em it's military jargon, and I bet they let you take it out.
They're curiously inventive with words. They coined "exfiltrate" off of "infiltrate," and a ton of other fun words. Including snafu!
Love exfiltrate. And I think fubar is also military.
It's not that I'm opposed to new words or new uses of old words. I just want them to be clever and catchy, and not sound like something my former boss would glom onto and use ten times in a 30-minute meeting.
So I basically want to be the descriptivist dictator. Because I'm vain, egotistical, and enjoy tilting at windmills.