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I'll put you down as Hack. Thanks for playing!

 

I'd tell you to look up, but it already sailed over your head.

 

the definition of impactful

 

Well, OOPy, you said it yourself: "Distinction." You can either write with distinction or be a lazy, bureaucratic hack.

Write with distinction. "Affect" or "influence" are much more distinctive (and stylish) verbs than "impact."

 

Still sailing over your head, but we'll move past that. You're one of those delusional hacks who thinks he's the journalistic equivalent of Shakespeare. Great. Congratulations. You're wrong, but congratulations on convincing yourself of such foolishness.

 

Not at all. I like writers who work hard to write with distinction.

I get your point. I denounce your point. Great writers avoid the hack words. Also, fuck you and your asshole attitude.

 

I'd have gone with a nice Latin, vintage 2017 ... or maybe, if I was feeling especially sassy, "jejunery" ... but that's just me.

 

That word died with Phil Hartman for me, and I'm good with it.

 

Actually, so did "sassy!"

 

De gustibus non est disputandum ...

 

I won't dispute that.

OOPy probably would.

 

I suspect he'd call it just another lie.