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Colour me clueless Jo. Maybe I'd understand the quote if I knew in what context he was saying it.
... and he'd understand it, too, if he understood the context he was saying it in.
Here's my pet hate in terms of turning perfectly good nouns into perfectly bad verbs: To progress something. It's becoming common usage - at least in the IT industry - and my oft-stated position that "English is changing all the time, and we shouldn't complain" starts breaking down (as do I) whenever I hear it.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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