"tasked"

he used it in a column back in November

My copy editor and the traditionally out-of-control art department have been tasked to illustrate this point by ripping some words out of this item and highlighting them in an inset of larger type. The writer never knows what their selection and placement will be; you and I, dear reader, will see it first when we pick up the paper.

yuck

u got tasked

Surely it's a typoon for "asked"?

the NYT does not make typos. ever.

to me it seems like a way to incorporate military jargon into your writing to sound more authoritative/in-the-know/douchey.

"officed"?

nothing can touch news use of 'surge' (as in 'obama is surging in the polls') in the last year.

also it sounds cooler to say "i've been tasked to blah blah blah" than "my boss told me to blah blah blah."

i've been tasked to refill our coffee reserves.

"Tasked" has surely been around for a long time, hasn't it?

I still refuse to believe this is a real word.

Then again, I still have problems with "source" as a verb.

I have only heard tasked couple with "with."

As in "charged with."

I prefer "faced"

i've been tasked to refill our coffee reserves.

sounds like a two-man assignment to me

that's what she said

I've been tasked
It's a big ask
Key to my job description
Is the use of linguistic affliction
Euphony not substance is corporate mellifluity
I think we will just park that one
For now

pls do not quote radiohead lyrics on this thread

I did not like tasked or officed to begin with but I am a big fan of using the least amount of words as possible. Still I'm more likely to use the latter than the former. "Officed" is like "housed" which is a legitimate word.

"shacked"

pls do not quote radiohead lyrics on this thread

-- Mr. Que, Friday, March 28, 2008 3:22 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

lol u know radiohead lyrics

i just assumed they were radiohead lyrics

The phrase I am currently hating more than any other is "Person Specification".

Whatever happened to "job description"?

Headhunters no longer try to suit the job to the person, but now the person has to be suited to the job.

this is like 'whats the deal with airline food' stuff at this point but i really hate when big box stores refer to employees as 'partners' or whatever. i was at ikea the other day and this sign said if i had any questions to ask a 'co-worker' wtf???

maybe that sign was aimed at ikea workers haha