Actionable

[Peter Neilson]

All nouns now verbable, all verbs adjectivable. Just a waitable 
minute--wouldable is now isable. Or shouldable and couldable are now 
arable. Don't laugh. You read these new words first on TECHWR-L.

Michael West wrote:
> If you find "capable of being put into action" a handier formation, by all
> means use it. But if you have been in a corporate environment for any time
> at all, you will know that "to action" is a standard bit of bureaucratic
> jargon, unlikely to be discontinued any time soon.
> 
> "Actionable" is a natural formation stemming from the verb. As is, for
> example, "measurable" from the noun "measure".