Erin McKean Quotes

Erin McKean — American Editor born on December 30, 1971,

Erin McKean is an American lexicographer, based in the San Francisco Bay Area... (wikipedia)

People say jargon is a bad thing, but it's really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another.

Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word like 'friend' is declared not a verb, the problem isn't that it's confusing; it's that the protester finds it deeply annoying.

Uniforms are intended to make the wearer look as strong as possible. Soldiers could fight in leotards, but that's never going to happen because leotards aren't intimidating.

If you're talking about how you promoted synergy in an organization, that could mean you just got everybody together for donuts twice a week.

For me, conferences are like little mental vacations: a chance to go visit an interesting place for a couple of days, and come back rested and refreshed with new ideas and perspectives.

Erin McKean Quotes

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