It’s amazing to me how we overuse words. Bothering to notice is an occupational hazard of the writing life, I suppose. For instance, consider the word “unique,” which means one of a kind. If you add “very” or any other modifier to it, you get mush. Today’s word might be “amazing.” There is entirely too much use of “amazing,” in my opinion, but curiously, Dreamforce last Wednesday was an amazing day and I say that without hesitation or irony. On Day Two of Dreamforce, the company introduced two new clouds, which is becoming one of its new favorite product words.
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'Well, I Am a Systems Guy'
Posted by: Denis Pombriant December 15, 2010 05:00 AMIt’s amazing to me how we overuse words. Bothering to notice is an occupational hazard of the writing life, I suppose. For instance, consider the word “unique,” which means one of a kind. If you add “very” or any other modifier to it, you get mush. Today’s word might be “amazing.” There is entirely too much use of “amazing,” in my opinion, but curiously, Dreamforce last Wednesday was an amazing day and I say that without hesitation or irony. On Day Two of Dreamforce, the company introduced two new clouds, which is becoming one of its new favorite product words.