All in all, I see this thread is now bringing closure to another emotional year in the abusive of language. Counselors are converging and the healing process has begun.
For purposes of brevity, I'll stay away from GW commentary.
"Dialogue" and "Conversations" are my business buzzword petpeeves. As in "Currently, we're having conversations about buzzwords. Later, I'll dialogue with some other people about them."
Irks me to no end.
While I'm at it, I'd be glad to dispose of the word "Headcount". As in "Yo, looks like you lost some headcount when half of your department quit!" Grrrrrr....
“lawyer up”