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I hate the word “orientated” - it means the exact same thing as “oriented” but is longer and contains an extra syllable. It’s an incorrect retro-neologism from the word “orientation” created by semi-literate people who want to sound more intelligent by using longer words. I generally like language to be concise - the English language contains an incredible variety of words and there’s (at least) one that clearly expresses almost any concept, but we have become very sloppy in our use of language, even amongst intelligent, educated people.

[Xenalyte]

What you said, FRiend.

One of my current peeves is “foundational.” I’m also not fond of “societal” and cannot find any reason to judge “coronate” a verb.

[BykrBayb]

I was with you, right up until the word “amongst.”