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Janszoon 06-27-2018 03:22 PM

I hate when people use "ask" as a noun. As in, "What's the ask?" Godawful business-speak nonsense.

Neapolitan 06-27-2018 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1967089)
I hate when people use "ask" as a noun. As in, "What's the ask?" Godawful business-speak nonsense.

You've turned a verb into a noun into a adjective.

Speak is a verb
Business-speak would be a noun, it's synonymous with "business-jargon."
However in this sentence fragment: "Godawful business-speak nonsense." "Business-speak" is modifying "nonsense."
Q. What kind of "nonsense?"
A. "Business-speak" nonsense.

I would rewrite it as:
"I hate when people use "ask" as a noun. As in, "What's the ask?" They speak extremely unpleasant and nonsensical business-jargon."

Key 06-27-2018 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1964343)
Me bad at Engrish.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1967222)
You've turned a verb into a noun into a adjective.

Speak is a verb
Business-speak would be a noun, it's synonymous with "business-jargon."
However in this sentence fragment: "Godawful business-speak nonsense." "Business-speak" is modifying "nonsense."
Q. What kind of "nonsense?"
A. "Business-speak" nonsense.

I would rewrite it as:
"I hate when people use "ask" as a noun. As in, "What's the ask?" They speak extremely unpleasant and nonsensical business-jargon."

The polar oppositeness of these two posts is so great.

Janszoon 06-28-2018 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1967222)
You've turned a verb into a noun into a adjective.

Speak is a verb
Business-speak would be a noun, it's synonymous with "business-jargon."
However in this sentence fragment: "Godawful business-speak nonsense." "Business-speak" is modifying "nonsense."
Q. What kind of "nonsense?"
A. "Business-speak" nonsense.

I would rewrite it as:
"I hate when people use "ask" as a noun. As in, "What's the ask?" They speak extremely unpleasant and nonsensical business-jargon."

It was a literary reference and I used it correctly.

-speak
a combining form extracted from newspeak (coined by George Orwell in his novel, 1984), used in the formation of compound words, usually derogatory, derisive, or facetious, that denote the style or vocabulary of a discipline, person, era, etc., as specified by the initial element


Source: Speak | Define Speak at Dictionary.com

Oriphiel 06-28-2018 04:52 AM

Classic Janspeak

Plankton 06-28-2018 07:57 AM

What's the axe on that pile of wood for sale?

Janszoon 06-28-2018 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 1967308)
What's the axe on that pile of wood for sale?

Better.

Frownland 06-29-2018 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1967089)
Godawful business-speak nonsense.

"Best practices."

Key 06-29-2018 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1967815)
"Best practices."

I ****ing hate that phrase so much.

Cuthbert 06-29-2018 12:22 PM

Spelling Colombia as Columbia.


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