An instance where snapping ones own neck.. seems reasonable…
During the course of a 2 hour conference call these were the most often used words. I honestly don’t think these people knew what they were saying.. because in context to the conversation… the words made NO sense…Any of you who know what industry I work in, will quickly realize why this is funny… It was like listening to 20 Joe Pesci’s trying to sound somewhat educated….
di‧dac‧tic /daɪˈdæk tɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dahy-dak-tik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
2.
inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
3.
teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
4.
didactics, (used with a singular verb ) the art or science of teaching.
Also, di‧dac‧ti‧cal.
gal‧va‧nize /ˈgæl vəˌnaɪz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gal-vuh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz‧ing.
1.
to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
2.
Medicine/Medical. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current (distinguished from faradize).
3.
to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.
4.
to coat (metal, esp. iron or steel) with zinc.
Also, especially British, gal‧va‧nise.
pred‧i‧cate /v. ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪt; adj., n. ˈprɛd ɪ kɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[v. pred-i-keyt; adj., n. pred-i-kit] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -cat‧ed, -cat‧ing, adjective, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.
to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
2.
Logic.
a.
to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
b.
to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
3.
to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
4.
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usually fol. by on): He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to make an affirmation or assertion.
–adjective
6.
predicated.
7.
Grammar. belonging to the predicate: a predicate noun.
–noun
8.
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
9.
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
Any my personal favorite….
GIRTH… Seriously… A man on the call to a GROUP of people actually used the word GIRTH TWICE….
girth /gɜrθ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gurth] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
the measure around anything; circumference.
2.
a band that passes underneath a horse or other animal to hold a saddle in place, esp. one having a buckle at each end for fastening to straps running from under the flaps of the saddle.
3.
something that encircles; a band or girdle.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to bind or fasten with a girth.
5.
to girdle; encircle.
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