From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!gh Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: and still more surprising words Article-I.D.: brunix.1547 Posted: Tue Feb 15 08:49:33 1983 Received: Fri Feb 18 02:58:43 1983 References: uvacs.419 What can one say about "methodology"? It is used (or utilized, in their terms) to mean "method" by clods for whom length is a more important criterion in word choice than correctness. These are the people who also use "technology" when they mean "techniques": "This compiler utilizes double-reverse LALR(1) peephole technology." "We are engaged in an effort to apply this technology to compiler validation." That reminds me of two more pet peeves: A recent trend to use "effort" for "project"; and the all-purpose "in terms of" to mean "with regard to" or simply "in". Graeme Hirst Brown University, Computer Science ...!decvax!brunix!gh gh.brown@udel-relay