Good to know: English no longer required skill for copywriters
By adamg - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 5:16pm.
Unless "Web 2.0" and "concept" are verbs now and I just missed another memo. Knowing what really happens to people who drink the Kool-Aid is also not a requirement.
uh huh...
Work/life balance = free twizzlers and endless foosball time while working on Memorial Day weekend. Beware of any company that asks that you to "drink the Kool-Aid."
it's now, it's happening, it's TODAY!
reminds me of the odd couple episode in which felix turns on a hipster adman, after the guy uses one too many buzzwords...
"wildly talented employees"
Is there an imminent Sarah Schweitzer front
page, above the fold Globe story in the offing?
"Wildly Talented Employees flock to Verb-Challenged Company!"
bleeding-edge
of a knife?
(And I thought I had a problem on my hands with clients who want to use "leading-edge," "leading edge" or "walk the talk.")
ugh
I say this as an editor who hears from PR companies all the time: I fear the day I hear from Kel & Partners, because if this posting is any indication, whatever they send me is bound to be annoying.
Annoying? Yes.
This is from Kel&pArTnErS web site. They are so much hipper than us:
&
& we buy ampersands in bulk
bring on the burst bubble
If only the dictionary had rounder edges and user interactivity ("lol defecate means to poop") then perhaps these folks would feel compelled to check it often.
I think the sad part is that while I think the website's pretty crappy, this kind of thing no longer surprises me.
Oh, like kewl
I see Kel Kelly's got a blog, where I see she's not just drinking the Kool-aid, she's eating her own dog food. I suppose all that's left on the list of unappetizing things to do is opening the kimono.
Get with the times
Adam, in the future, everything is verbs.
Flavor Aid
The People's Temple actually used Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid
That raptureready.com site is quite a hoot.
Verbing wierds language
www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20060313/verbing_weirds_language.gif