RE: Spend the noun

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Peter Neilson
 
> I'm probably going to spend too much effort worrying about this one.
> 
> An article published by TechRepublic through its e-mail subscription
> uses the phrace, "reduce your annual spend" rather than "reduce your
> annual expense" or "reduce your annual expenditure."
> 
> Since when? Was I asleep?
> 
> Or am I efforting too much spend?

It's been around for a while (which hasn't made it any more palatable to
me). 

I suppose these hip, with-it people can also help you increase your
save, quicken your read, enjoyify your eat, ... 

It tends to increase my gag. 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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