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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:	The Joy of Lex
Notice:	A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:	THEBAY::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1192
Total number of notes:	42769

767.0. "MARKETspeak" by SHALOT::ANDERSON (Give me a U, give me a T...) Wed Jan 17 1990 22:56

	I was just in an all-day meeting with a bunch of marketing
	types.  In the space of 8 hours, I heard the following gems
	fall from the lips of these very creative people:

	o  Productizable -- able to be made a product out of

	o  Assetization -- the process of making something into an
	   ASSETS package

	o  Micatized -- made to work with Mica

	o  Definement -- the process of defining

	o  Genericized -- made generic

	o  Osmose -- to pick up by osmosis

		-- Cliff

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
767.1	It's the Editization Process	PNEUMA::WILSON		`Thu Jan 18 1990 13:45`	3
	Terrible. As an editor, I try to weed out these creations and substitute real language whenever possible in case someone should have the misfortune of trying to read them.
767.2	my condolences	TLE::RANDALL	living on another planet	`Thu Jan 18 1990 14:58`	4
	Poor Cliff. How did you survive without committing unseemly mayhem against their, um, poor language? --bonnie
767.3		SHALOT::ANDERSON	Give me a U, give me a T...	`Thu Jan 18 1990 23:24`	4
	Doodling and "linguistic research" are what kept me awake, if not sane. -- Cliff
767.4	Be concise	DDIF::FRIDAY	Patience averts the severe decree	`Fri Jan 19 1990 20:52`	2
	Re .1 Oh, you mean you specialize in readabilization technology?