That venerable word becomes "stress," an economic problem in search of a cost-effective solution, like tail-docking or beak-clipping or, in the industry's latest plan, by simply engineering the "stress gene" out of pigs and chickens.
This can of course be seen as a debasement of the language: yet another venerable word stripped of its dignity and particularity and pitched into the muddy linguistic mainstream of banality and imprecision.
His case was a moral (to traduce a venerable word).
In the SaaC category there are products from Lotus and OpenOffice.org – indeed the venerable Word Perfect still ships.
[C5.] Readers Speak, About 'Bespoke' An article last week noted that the word "bespoke," a venerable English word meaning "custom made," had found its way into information technology circles.
Last week on this page we noted that the word "bespoke," a venerable English word meaning "custom made," had found its way into information technology circles.
All solid, venerable English words.
Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in ink on paper.
Let's see if we can spruce up that venerable old word generous, which can be so cringe-inducing when we hear it spoken over the phone by a stranger calling on behalf of a charity.
There had been some last-minute excitement when the fighters, upholding a venerable tradition, exchanged words and shoves at the weigh-in.
