Look, I don't give a rat's ass what dictionary.com says; I say "impact" is a noun.
Just kidding.
Thanks for the info. I suppose I could have actually checked a dictionary before blindly asserting my opinion as fact. As for that "repurpose" business, I couldn't agree more.
I was until very recently a manager at a certain online retailer. It seems to me that buzzwords are the result of verbing nouns. ("Verbing", get it? I'm so clever.)
"Let's take the 30,000 foot view and drill down from there. Going forward, let's leverage our deliverables in an impactful and robust way."
The improper use of "impact" is one of my favorites. Call me anal, but "impact" is not a verb. It is a noun. One cannot "impact" anything, and the only thing which may be impacted is a tooth.
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Just kidding.
Thanks for the info. I suppose I could have actually checked a dictionary before blindly asserting my opinion as fact. As for that "repurpose" business, I couldn't agree more.
"Let's take the 30,000 foot view and drill down from there. Going forward, let's leverage our deliverables in an impactful and robust way."
The improper use of "impact" is one of my favorites. Call me anal, but "impact" is not a verb. It is a noun. One cannot "impact" anything, and the only thing which may be impacted is a tooth.