Wither goest Canuck politics?

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Incent is one of those "new" words. Google it. I am not a fan.

It's a word created or used by supposedly educated inarticulates. Usually they work in politics or the corporate world. - "grow the company", "incentivize", "paradigm", "outsource", "downsize", "empower", "engage", "enable", etc.

Used as follows;

"We are going to grow the company by downsizing and outsourcing. We will accomplish this by creating a new paradigm wherein we will incentivize our staff, empowering them and enabling them to become increasingly engaged."

I sat through days, if not weeks of this sort of meaningless bull$hit in meetings and seminars over the course of my working life. It never ceased to amaze me that the more of it people spouted, the better their chances of promotion.

The worst part was knowing that they were the future of the English language - one of God's little jokes.

[jackdale]

Sloopy

You forgot my favourite - "impact" as a verb. As in "How ill this impact us?" I think it used by people who do not know the difference between "effect" and "affect."

I just remembered "He pled guilty."

I am occasionally reminded that English is a dynamic language, but sometimes I think we need an Academie a la the French.

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Sloopy You forgot my favourite - "impact" as a verb. As in "How ill this impact us?" I think it used by people who do not know the difference between "effect" and "affect."

They're the same people who think "responsible" and "accountable" mean different things - "Under the new paradigm, you will be responsible and accountable for the impact of your team on growing the quarterly results."

Originally Posted by jackdale

I am occasionally reminded that English is a dynamic language, but sometimes I think we need an Adacemie a la the French.

That's what I meant with my last line - these are the people who keep the language alive - God's ironic joke, like males reaching their sexual peak before they have much hope of getting laid.