One that I certainly have no justification for hating as much as I do is "grow" when used in phrases like "grow the business" and "grow our assets".
It sounds like the business speak practice of verbing nouns. I think that's what bugs me. But of course "grow" already exists as a transitive verb, eg. you can grow a tree or crops. So I dunno...
It sounds like the business speak practice of verbing nouns. I think that's what bugs me. But of course "grow" already exists as a transitive verb, eg. you can grow a tree or crops. So I dunno...