Help me sort a debate at work...

[bucketshred]

... is 'actioned' an actual word?

Paddy

[_tom_]

Well it's on dictionary.com so I guess so..

[gwEm]

its used constantly in business.. so whatever the dicitionary may have to say about it, its commonly used and definitely a word

[Matt77]

only for idiots  :)

[ToneMonkey]

We use it all the times in business terms ("it's been actioned"), but it's never recognised in my spell check.  Tell your colleages that the English language is bigger than a spell check suggests.  :lol:

[Ratrod]

It's manager's lingo.

It is designed to make managers look smarter.

I have learned the whole vocabulary but I prefer to use terms everybody understands. Bad for the ego but good for implementation......eeehhhhmm..... I mean making stuff happen.

[Roobubba]

Well it's on dictionary.com so I guess so..

Apparently so is 'aa'.
 
A Hawaiian word for lava, or some such nonsense.

Just becuase 'Dictionary.com' says it's a word, doesn't make it a word. It's like this stupid 'scrabble words'. I'm sorry, you have a Q and no U. Get over it.

[shobet]

I had my manager use 'defenestrate' in an email to me the other day regarding multiple discounts for a client. I had to look it up. I think he used it in the wrong context but I can't be arsed to contradict him as he's always right.

He also said a while back that my other half - who's been a journalist since graduating with her PhD in English - that she can't write when she offered to help him with some marketing and PR. Microsoft hired her just before he said that. Amused me no end.

I think most bosses/managers are tw@ts.

[ToneMonkey]

I think most bosses/managers are tw@ts.

We're not all arseholes  PDT_002

[shobet]

I think most bosses/managers are tw@ts.

We're not all arseholes  PDT_002

I'm head of department so I'm counting myself! ;)

[Afghan Dave]

I think most bosses/managers are tw@ts.

We're not all arseholes  PDT_002

As a company director you could escalate this my way but I'd defenestrate the lot of you if you fail to meet your KPIs.

You should seek 360 feedback if you disagree...  :? :lol:

[ToneMonkey]

I think most bosses/managers are tw@ts.

We're not all arseholes  PDT_002

I'm head of department so I'm counting myself! ;)

Although my bosses are tw@ts  :lol:

[dave_mc]

ah marketing speak. I hate it. Basically you just make nouns into verbs ("incentivise/ize") to make yourself sound smarter.

Though I guess you could play buzzword bingo... :lol: Do something proactive as an incentivisation.

[mikeluke]

Americanisms creeping up on British English I suspect... Shows that language is a living thing and not something that is static forever in time.....

The 'defenestrate' one made me laugh though, as I imagined the guy throwing someone out of the window..... Presumably an awkward customer?

[mecca777]

I always assumed that "actioned" instead of "acted" was backformed by somebody a little less bright than they thought they were. If a situation is "actionable" then you must be "able" to "action" it. Of course, I objection strongly to such abuses of plain English, but then I'm a serf, not a manager.