JeffMeunier
May 21st, 2007, 07:58 AM
Speaking of mis-use of adjectives, etc, some woman on CNN was just talking about the "deadly killing" yesterday.
Terry Yager's message (above) from a different thread got me thinking. Members of the field of computing and technology are often responsible for creating terms which end up being misused, although it's plain to see that we are not alone in this regard.
In addition to "deadly killing" (LOL), these are some often-misused terms I have collected:
built on NT technology (NT means "new technology", although Microsoft now denies this)
NTFS file system (FS means "file system", does Microsoft deny this as well?)
PIN number (PIN means "personal identification number")
LCD display (LCD means "liquid crystal display")
free gift (gift means something that is given freely)
What other terms can you think of? Remember, these are terms that sport some kind of redundancy, not oxymorons like "military intelligence". And let's try not to digress into other abuses of language, like the use of the word "architect" as a verb.
Terry Yager's message (above) from a different thread got me thinking. Members of the field of computing and technology are often responsible for creating terms which end up being misused, although it's plain to see that we are not alone in this regard.
In addition to "deadly killing" (LOL), these are some often-misused terms I have collected:
built on NT technology (NT means "new technology", although Microsoft now denies this)
NTFS file system (FS means "file system", does Microsoft deny this as well?)
PIN number (PIN means "personal identification number")
LCD display (LCD means "liquid crystal display")
free gift (gift means something that is given freely)
What other terms can you think of? Remember, these are terms that sport some kind of redundancy, not oxymorons like "military intelligence". And let's try not to digress into other abuses of language, like the use of the word "architect" as a verb.