Comments on: A New Crusade

By: DMA

DMA — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:12:43 +0000

Irregardless is at least an honest mistake. Impactful and impact as a transitive verb are just ridiculous, self-important business jargon.

Never heard “conversate.” Yes, that IS special!

I also intensely dislike the use of the word “around” to replace “about,” “regarding,” or “with regard to.” More self-important business jargon.

By: Childlife

Childlife — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:26:38 +0000

Hee, hee — I don’t like it either. I’m with you — I thought it wasn’t really a word. Can we vote?

By: loquita

loquita — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:13:40 +0000

just sounds like one of those dumb words from the workplace.

it fits right into buzzword bingo. :-p
http://isd.usc.edu/~karl/Bingo/

By: betted

betted — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:49:15 +0000

Oh, I abhor impactful! I also hate impact used as a transitive verb: I am not a bowel, and therefore not impacted; I am affected. (Or maybe I'm just plain touched, but anyway, I'll take up my pitchfork and join your crusade!)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:39:42 +0000

Uh have you written that letter to your senator yet…giggle.

I hate the word conversate. That is a St. louis special.

By: Tracie

Tracie — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:11:43 +0000

“Irregardless” is the created word that drives me crazy!
I’m happy to see that I am not alone.

By: beingmade

beingmade — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:41:20 +0000

Your link IS better (and hello there, sir!), and I do agree with you both about irregardless.

Impactful just SOUNDS ugly. It jars my head when I hear it and my mouth when I say it.

By: sunburntkamel

sunburntkamel — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:20:18 +0000

irregardless annoys me more, i hafta say. it's a word that's supposed to make the speaker sound intelligent, despite being a double negative (usually associated with pidgins). the linked article is a little short on actual journalism, which is beautifully ironic - "with impact" rarely suffices as a replacement, and the word owes more to powerpoint presentations than to journalism. i like this better:

"Impactful is not a word. To replace that business jargon, use an adjective like influential, powerful, effective or memorable."

By: Anchored Away

Anchored Away — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:13:00 +0000

I’ll join you if you’ll join me in my own pet peeve word: irregardless.