Brat Farrar (bratfarrar) wrote,
Brat Farrar
bratfarrar

what's wrong with the word "use"?

"Utilize" is currently at the top of my Words I Hate list, along with the phrase "have been in communication concerning". Surely I'm not the only person with a list like this.

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Do you have (a) word(s) that you love to hate?

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Yes!!!
3(42.9%)
No.
0(0.0%)
Batman edits Robin's patrol reports for vocabulary
2(28.6%)

The aforementioned word(s):

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