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.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - May 27, 2008 9:22:17 am PDT #675 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
WindSparrow - May 27, 2008 9:30:00 am PDT #676 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Utilize. What is wrong with use?
Steph L. - May 27, 2008 9:31:53 am PDT #677 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Okay, I have a fondness for "utilize" simply because of The Sun Also Rises.
"Will you utilize?"
Ginger - May 27, 2008 9:55:35 am PDT #678 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The only thing I have a fondness for because of Hemingway is Faulkner.
Atropa - May 27, 2008 9:58:18 am PDT #679 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I want to get rid of "onboarding". Oooh, and "leverage" as in "We can leverage the other team's work".
DavidS - May 27, 2008 10:05:19 am PDT #680 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:07:42 am PDT #681 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
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."
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 10:09:57 am PDT #682 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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).
Susan W. - May 27, 2008 10:10:32 am PDT #683 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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.
Nicole - May 27, 2008 10:21:58 am PDT #684 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Ooh, yes please.
ION - I've been catching up online and now I can't remember where people were discussing lost / found cell phones. Anyway, there was a document at the hospital that recommended putting a contact in your cell phone as I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) with the phone number of whomever you want contacted.
I'm not sure how much it has caught on with the general public, but at least the ER staff will know who to call if you're ever in an accident.