A word I'm throughly sick of: "embedded"

[terrya]

It was bad enough hearing that word ad nauseum during the Iraq war.

On CNN a while back, I actually heard one of the anchors mention that a reporter was "embedded" in the Dean campaign. What about a reporter "with" the Dean campaign? Are the news shows now in love with the word "embedded"?

Ok, part of this has to do with not having any coffee yet, but still...

Terry

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. You're not the only one

Getting real fed up with hearing it myself.

[quinnox]

2. Yea, it has been overused

Words go in cycles of being in or out of fashion, and this one needs to go out of fashion. Same with "meme", I can't stand this word.

[Paschall]

3. My nomination for worst ShrubCo jargon:

"Actionable intelligence"

[goddess40]

4. 'Folks' make me want to vomit too

how about compassionate conservative

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. and now get ready for the new buzzword "insurgents"

[skyzics]

6. How about..

'embedded insurgent evil-doers who love terror'?

[Drifter]

7. Whoa there my friend ...

I write embedded software (aka firmware).

It's my livelyhood.

Cheers
Drifter

[Iverson]

8. at least it isn't "imbricated"

... as in "every pedagogy is imbricated in ideology."

I have to embed Beatles songs in my head to get that stuff to go away!

;-)

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Depends!

Sometimes embedded can be a good word, for example:

'Some Irate But Partiotic Citizen Just "embedded" their number 14 boot dead in Bull O'Really's arse!'

Hava nise day!