tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post4328938814449313884..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Pushing backYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-65788882031313597142009-07-16T11:49:02.198+03:002009-07-16T11:49:02.198+03:00presently I object mostly to the use of "comp...presently I object mostly to the use of "complex" for everything and wonder what happened to complicated, tangled, confusing etc.etc.<br />maybe it's a trend to use one word for a whole spectrum thereby avoiding the danger that one could be nailed down on having a point of view<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-63741357819663904092009-07-16T09:55:24.762+03:002009-07-16T09:55:24.762+03:00David from Soccer Dad dug up a William Saffire art...David from Soccer Dad dug up a William Saffire article from 2001 about this term. So apparently I'm behnid the times.<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-10-14-01-on-language-fall-fashionese.htmlYaacovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-41311415150872176162009-07-16T05:08:52.825+03:002009-07-16T05:08:52.825+03:00This phrase comes up quite regularly where I work,...This phrase comes up quite regularly where I work, a largish corporation that develops enterprise software. I've found that corporate cultures these days are incredibly adverse to any sort of direct argument. Hence we don't tell anyone their proposal is moronic, we "push back".Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13336649267304857235noreply@blogger.com