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Subject:Re: OT: A new word was invented today. From:Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com> To:Ron Hearn <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:01:09 -0500
Haven't you heard? It's the proliferation of the "-ting everything"
movement. Oops - I mean movementing. o_O
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Ron Hearn <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com> wrote:
> The on-air folks on the sports radio station I listen to have been
> "efforting" to contact people etc. for a few years now.
>
> Ron Hearn
> Documentation Specialist
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> techwr-l-bounces+rhearn=cucbc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Hannah
> Drake
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> To: 'Tony Chung'; 'Tammy Van Boening'
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> Subject: RE: OT: A new word was invented today.
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> We should all make the efforting to consider this went through an editor,
> too. :) I blame the editor.
>
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> On Behalf Of Tony Chung
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:39 AM
> To: Tammy Van Boening
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> Subject: Re: OT: A new word was invented today.
>
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, Tammy Van Boening <
> tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > ...
> > According to Sports Business Daily, the network is currently efforting
> > the hiring of another analyst in the near future.
> >
> >
> Haha. I tapped my iPhone to define "efforting"--Siri responded "No
> definition found."
>
> Good one. I needed a laugh today!
>
> Thanks,
> -Tony
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