I do not like tasked. I also do not understand the rise of "gifting" when we already had "giving."
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
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I'm afraid it's a battle I'm fighting alone.
Not alone, although I don't know I can do much good in your company.
I hate "task" as a verb. But I also hate "partner" as a verb, and that seems to have near-wholesale acceptance.
Utilize. What is wrong with use?
Okay, I have a fondness for "utilize" simply because of The Sun Also Rises.
"Will you utilize?"
The only thing I have a fondness for because of Hemingway is Faulkner.
I want to get rid of "onboarding". Oooh, and "leverage" as in "We can leverage the other team's work".
I want to do away with "task" as a verb, as in, "Susan has been tasked with updating the handbook," only I'm afraid it's a battle I'm fighting alone.
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
"Call me IT."
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database
See also Wrath of Khan (which is quoting Mellville, of course, but a good use of "task" as a verb).
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Yes, please. I'm on an orientation committee, and there's entirely too much talk of onboarding.
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
Yeah, I can live with old-school Melvillian tasking.