Yeah, it's an okay word. It's just that whether or not a beat is an Al Gore rhythm or not.rarely comes up in conversation. So I've only used it maybe a dozen times.
Yeh, the legacy stuff sure was no better. I've yet to be able to pick apart "As per re our telecon this date."
You ever try to read a set of Army orders? Corporate lingo and think even ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics are somewhat easier after mastering military orders.
I used to do taxes (and contracts.) Really messed with my head when I read books for pleasure...these are not written in the same language! I took a college-level tax class, and the instructor was a Section Chief with the IRS. He was a 4-foot-nuthin' pasty guy with coke-bottle glasses. You could see him sitting on a wobbly stool in the dank basement of a nondescript government building reading under a bare incandescent bulb that was slowly swinging by a frayed cord, with the steady sound of water dripping from leaky pipes in the background. (Rat squeaks optional.) You would assume he was reading the tax code as you followed along in your CCH textbook, but when you looked up, he was pacing back & forth at the front of the class, reciting it from memory...letter perfect! Impressive and disturbing, all at the same time.
If by OP-ED you mean 'opposite from the editorial,' it's been used as far back as I recall. Or is there a new meaning? I do agree, though, so many modernisms are just plain stupid. One that annoys me is -shaming. Fat-shaming, body-shaming, etc., etc. I was beyond stunned when a senior on another forum insisted 'lunch-shaming' was not slang. It certainly isn't proper English!!!
A clever lady behind a desk at Sears, she worked some Accounting function, I suppose, had a three-tiered letter tray which pretty much looked like this: It was wooden, and labeled clearly as you approached her desk. Thinking of it always brings a smile. Top compartment: IN ONLY Middle compartment: OUT ONLY Bottom compartment: EXCEPTIONS ONLY, NO EXCEPTIONS The bottom tray was ALWAYS empty! Frank