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Re: New FIRST store in the works!
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Originally Posted by Tanis
I'm fairly certain from the new site and from the associated FIRST store that this will be primarily merchandise, not KOP items or other items related to building a robot.
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Just to be clear - and just in case the word "mechandise" shows up in an SAT question - Andy Mark (and Woot, and WalMart, and...) definitely sells merchandise, in the sense that they offer "goods to be bought and sold".
Narrowing the definition of "merchandise", when used as a noun, to only refer to promotional items is a relatively new mangling of the word that probably should be avoided if you want to avoid confusing people.
When I first read the quoted post I had to sit and think for a minute before I could guess what the heck Tanis meant.
Blake
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Words/phrases  I avoid: basis, mitigate, leveraging, transitioning, impact (instead of affect/effect), facilitate, programmatic, problematic, issue (instead of problem), latency (instead of delay), dependency (instead of prerequisite), connectivity, usage & utilize (instead of use), downed, functionality, functional, power on, descore, alumni (instead of alumnus/alumna), the enterprise, methodology, nomenclature, form factor (instead of size or shape), competency, modality, provided(with), provision(ing), irregardless/irrespective, signage, colorized, pulsating, ideate
Last edited by gblake : 08-07-2010 at 09:05.
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