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Horrid neologism of the Day

By on April 29, 2008

effectuating

as in “effectuating real change”.

Please, sweet Flying Spaghetti Monster, make the compulsive adding of redundant syllables stop.

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4 responses to “Horrid neologism of the Day”

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  2. phil@vvb
    phil@vvb April 29, 2008 at 9:20 pm |

    Spot on. And lovely lolbunny, it made me a bit weepy.

  3. clarencegirl
    clarencegirl April 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm |

    Bet someone at the 2020 Big Weekend used “effectuating”!
    A much beloved workshop term.
    There must be a large volume somewhere full of these silly words by now.

  4. @ndy
    @ndy April 30, 2008 at 6:56 pm |

    Time to join the BLF: the Bunny Liberation Front.

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