I’ve always put ‘utilize’ and ‘applicator’ into the same category -— Predicate Inflation to Make the Speaker Seem Smarter.
Without having read the thread, I hope someone brings up the phrase, “Up to and more,” as a sales gimmick. It’s either ‘up to’ or ‘more than.’ It can’t be both.
A phrase to make you throw up in your mouth a little ...
“Reached out to.”
And when your boss says he has something ‘to share with you.’
And the dreaded, “Yes, I do. But not with you.”
“I’ve always put ‘utilize’ and ‘applicator’ into the same category -— Predicate Inflation to Make the Speaker Seem Smarter.”
My policy is that polysyllabificationizing is always strictly forbiddenated.