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  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) Well, that's the whole point, isn't it? It's like the apocryphal saying that Inuits have 47 (or so) words for snow. In fact, they don't; they have a word for fluffy snow, a word for wet snow, a word for dry snow, a word for drifted snow, a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) I'm going to have to stick up for Methodology. A good methodology is way more than just method. (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) You don't live in Washington do you? There's a big difference between rain and rainshower activity here. Not to mention drizzle, mist, showers, thundershowers, downpours... Jason (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) As far as I'm aware, the first on-screen use of that "verb" was in Star Wars, when someone observed that proton torpedos "didn't go in, just impacted on the surface." (...) "Proactive" is a particular bugaboo re: workplace pretensions, but it (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) No comment on the origin of "me like," but here's a misuse that really cheeses me off: overuse of the word 'impact,' especially as a verb. It used to be a noun meaning a physical collision, but is often used when the speaker should be using (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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