Re: What's wrong with "contacted"?
replaced by iWords that are nice and shiny and make marketers look smart and professional.
Those words don't make anyone look smart or professional. The use of misunderstood US "sports" jargon and management speak to replace perfectly good words just makes people look silly.
Whenever I get messages containing this rubbish, my automatic reaction is to wonder how this could be put better. In meetings, I act as if they have been rephrased. For example, instead of "step up to the plate", I may say "volunteer" if that is what they actually mean.
Has someone made a dictionary of this newspaeak? I have certainly seen people playing BS Bingo.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
