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Vetted. They vetted him in the president's office.
Kill it. What these reporters are trying to impress us with is nonsense. Vetted and all derivatives sill mean the same thing: interview.
These same reporters are still trying to use the word INSERT to describe a reporter who joined ??? They *inserted* Geraldo into an Army unit in Iraq so he could send back live reports. Real writers insert coins in pinball machines, slot machines or a pay phone, and even invectives in a story, but they don't *insert* people. . .
Slang or "pop" usage aside, a few real words that irritate the bewhangus out of me are "empowered" and "hopefully."
"Hopefully" is almost universally misused. Utterances such as, "Hopefully, the rain will hold off." are oxymoronic. Rain can't hope at all, much less be full of hope. If you are full of hope (I'm hopeful that the rain will hold off.) then say that.
They sue the word "embedded" to tell us that a reporter is hanging out with and probably just bothering an Army unit and should get out of the way.
Gemme a break.
They shouldn't *sue* it. They should kill it along with misuse of the words injected and vetted.
I respectfully disagree. Embed/imbed is still used incorrectly regardless of how you spell it. Geraldo was not an integral part of any military unit in Iraq. If you ever tried to remove an 18 penny nail embedded in 100-year old red oak lumber inside a house you will understand what I am trying to convey.
The correct word is entrench, even though his hitch was short lived due to faulty reporting. He later apologized.
PS: I did hear an anchor type cable new entertainer use the word insert when discussing reporters in military units. A wordsmith must have caught the gaffe as it was quickly stopped.
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Last edited by linicx; 07-24-2009 at 03:39 AM..
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It's not a word, but LOL makes me cringe. It's not appropriate for anyone over the age of 14. It just makes the poster look as if they are lacking imagination.
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