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    Terms that mildly displease me

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    Concretion

    Concretion sounds stupid. Please, just say concrete type.

    Action

    As in “he’s actioning it as we speak”. Action is a noun. I will not stand for this!

    Tags: misc, whinges

    Updated: June 9, 2010

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