Comment by sneak
4 years ago
Same reason I cringe when people use “as per” where a single “as” or “per” will do (per means as), “thusly” instead of “thus”, and, my personal anti-favorite, “individual” to mean “person”.
It’s a special kind of pretentious language that people use to make them seem more authoritative or accurate/deliberate. It’s manipulative.
For me "leverage" instead of "use" is like nails on a chalkboard.
- usage instead of "use" (they are different words)
- quantify/fication instead of "measure/ment"
- problematic instead of "a problem"
- such that instead of "that" (the correct usage is as a phrase that comes from math proofs, "pick an x such that y")
> problematic instead of "a problem"
I think this one comes out of a fear of or desire to avoid confrontational language in general in the US. Something can be called problematic without declaring “a problem exists”.
What, you got a problem?! :)
"utilize"