[m87339]

Take your pills, man

ahem.

Perhaps my reaction was little over the top.

But this was not like "loose" or "series." Too many people beleve that "disconnnect" is acceptable as a noun. This is another skirmish in the overall assault on the English language. "Disconnect" as a noun is up there with "defensed" as a word or "out of pocket" in place of "unavailable."

Silly jargon is frequently used to make under-educated people appear to be "sophisticated." When I interview people and I hear them use "disconnect" as a noun, I immediately "disconnect" them from the job opportunity. There have been three prospects which I have disconnected from potential employment in the last year as a result of their cavalier attitude.

Either proper English matters or it doesn't. I am in a profession which abuses our language on a regular basis. But I will not be a willing participant in this degeneration. I suggest you do the same.

[mvpel]

Man, I'd hate to work for someone as tightly-wound as you, considering that "disconnect" as a noun appears in the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: ²disconnect
Function: noun
: a lack of or break in connection, consistency, or agreement

Get over it already¹. This isn't France.

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¹Main Entry: al·ready
Pronunciation: ol-'re-dE, 'ol-"
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English al redy, from al redy, adjective, wholly ready, from al all + redy ready
2 -- used as an intensive [all right already] [enough already]