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Subject:RE: OT: A new word was invented today. From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Debbi Crum' <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com>, 'Tammy Van Boening' <tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:30:04 +0000
"Effort Reports" and "efforting" are part of the lingo at another company I am familiar with.
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Subject: Re: OT: A new word was invented today.
Efforting? Really!?!?
Thanks for the laugh Tammy! Although I'm crying inside...
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:24 AM, Tammy Van Boening <tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> wrote:
So, scrolling through some news while having breakfast today and see this
headline:
According to Sports Business Daily, the network is currently efforting the hiring of another analyst in the near future.
Uh, "efforting?" Wow and to think that some big sportswriter got paid for writing this? Where on earth is the editor?
Happy Hump Day. Hope everyone is surviving the weather back East.
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Owner/Principal
Spectrum Writing, LLC
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT* com
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