Re: Spend the noun

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>wrote:

> Peter Neilson
>
> > I'm probably going to spend too much effort worrying about this one.
> >
> > An article published by TechRepublic through its e-mail subscription
> > uses the phrace, "reduce your annual spend" rather than "reduce your
> > annual expense" or "reduce your annual expenditure."
> >
> > Since when? Was I asleep?
> >
> > Or am I efforting too much spend?
>
> It's been around for a while (which hasn't made it any more palatable to
> me).
>
> I suppose these hip, with-it people can also help you increase your
> save, quicken your read, enjoyify your eat, ...
>

I thought Quicken was just for balancing your books...



>
> It tends to increase my gag.
>

I guess so, if they are also comedy writers.

-Wendy
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