Ooh. Maybe "solution" (the verb) is the opposite of "precipitate."
"Yesterday it precipitated. Today all that water solutioned."
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2010 2:17:21 pm PDT #18256 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2010 2:18:33 pm PDT #18257 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, as we've been solutioning in this project...
NO WE HAVE BEEN DOING NO SUCH THING. We may have been solving, we may have been designing, but WE WERE NOT SOLUTIONING.
It's so prevalent a term here, and it drives me batshit.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2010 2:20:53 pm PDT #18258 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, as we've been solutioning in this project...
That ain't right.
Is there some gang of retired english teachers we can sic on 'em?
Amy - Aug 16, 2010 2:20:59 pm PDT #18259 of 30001
Because books.
I'd like to solution why people keep abusing poor, helpless words.
I had an enormous soft ice cream cone for dinner, and I don't feel a bit guilty about it.
Daisy Jane - Aug 16, 2010 2:22:26 pm PDT #18260 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have always hated "reach out to."
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2010 2:26:24 pm PDT #18261 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have always hated "reach out to."
But at least those are real English words used in real English ways.
"To solution" is just messedupedness.
megan walker - Aug 16, 2010 2:26:36 pm PDT #18262 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Could be worse, we "touch" people with our market development. And we count "touches." It's disturbing on many levels.
Amy - Aug 16, 2010 2:28:34 pm PDT #18263 of 30001
Because books.
After too many seasons of NYPD Blue, "reach out," to me, is something you do to an informant.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2010 2:30:34 pm PDT #18264 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh god, got another meeting.
See y'all.
Oonu.
Whatever.
javachik - Aug 16, 2010 2:32:35 pm PDT #18265 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
After too many seasons of NYPD Blue, "reach out," to me, is something you do to an informant.
Right, and a "solid" is a favor.