Words what peeve (was Re: [LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Electoral Commission Seeking Sydney-based people for user testing [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED])

[David Boxall]

For mine, it's "learnings".  I think that's what happens to people who 
don't pay attention during their English lessons.
<http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2004/10/learnings_is_a_.html>

At 5/04/2007 6:04 PM Stilgherrian wrote:
> On 5/4/07 5:14 PM, "Jan Whitaker" <jwhit at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>> oh dear! mea culpa, Stil. I pick up the argot just like everyone else.
>>
>> My current shiver phrase is 'going forward'. You gotta ask, do they
>> think they would be going back? <sigh>
>>
>> Happy bilby day to you, too!
>> :-)
>>
>> PS: I took it light-heartedly. If he hadn't said 'happy Easter',
>> *then* I would have been really cheese off! LOL
>
> And rightly so! :) *waves*
>
> My most cringeworthy ones are "business ecology" (used when the person is
> making no ecological analogy whatsoever and just means "competitors") and
> "solution" as an add-on.
>
> "We produce automotive transmission solutions" when "we make automotive
> transmissions" would do.
>
> And if I can point to a wonderful comparison:
>
> http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/say_what_you_mean/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Stil
>

-- 
David Boxall                    |  In a hierarchical organization,
                                 |  the higher the level,
                                 |  the greater the confusion.
                                 |                     --Dow's Law.