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