re: LGA Banned Words page 3

"thunking" was a typo.

Shame. I'd use it...

I assumed he meant wrapping them up in a nullary function for later evaluation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk

Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >"The Dynamics of Interbeing and
1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 >Monological Imperatives in 'DickPalo Alto, CA 94304 >and Jane' : A Study in Psychic

http://www.kirshenbaum.net /

Shame. I'd use it...

I assumed he meant wrapping them up in a nullary function for later evaluation.

Unfortunately, being familiar with that meaning of thunk I find I'm inhibited from using the word with other meanings.

Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)

Shame. I'd use it...

I assumed he meant wrapping them up in a nullary function for later evaluation.

I'll bear that in mind, Evan. Sadly I never got beyond COBOL in my brief career as a programmer...
DC

Many times during my years at IBM I heard talks ... or had just not have taken their time and ours.

This wasn't a case of "Dr. Fox Effect" was it?

They weren't dynamic speakers either.

But you were one of the few smart enough to realize that the presenter was a fraud?

Probably not. I always assumed that they knew what they were talking about. I just knew that I didn't.
Bill in Kentucky
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Ambassador

Should especially be outlawed in Salisbury, where the City Council use it to mean 'Traffic Warden'.

Which I think is "crossing guard" in the U.S.
Bill in Kentucky
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Should especially be outlawed in Salisbury, where the City Council use it to mean 'Traffic Warden'.

Which I think is "crossing guard" in the U.S.

I thought our crossing guard was their lollipop man, and our meter maid was their traffic warden.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

HVS wrote on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:29:30 GMT:

The article is a bit misleading, as the relevant LGA ... jargon inside the office", which is a slightly different thing.

On the face of it, the condemnation of a word like "ambassador" seemed inexplicable but, in the context of job description, I would agree that the use indicates a sense of self-importance.

Especially when "interfaces" can be used instead.

Jeff

I learned that ... the most grinding
poverty is a trifling evil compared
with the inequality of classes.
William Morris

I thought it might be rather fun to replace "client" by "person" in all my technical writing about computer systems.

And "server" with "waitron"?

Odysseus

Should especially be outlawed in Salisbury, where the City Council use it to mean 'Traffic Warden'.

Which I think is "crossing guard" in the U.S.

Not sure about that. Does a crossing guard issue fines to drivers for breaking parking regulations?
DC