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If I have to deal with people using marketroid-style 'impact' when the correct word is 'affect', then others should just suck it up and not worry about 'fuck' being used as 'lack of verbiage'. 'Impact' in presentations needs to die (well, perhaps it can stay in physics or medicine presentations...)

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How about the use of "impactful" ? (I swear by The Fates, the FSM's Noodly Appendage, and the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch that actual English speaking human beings used that word)

On the few occasions that I hear someone using the word "impactful", I'm tempted to ask "Do you mean 'effective'?"

I don't disagree about the use of "impact". In fact, I'd be happier if people went hardcore by saying "fucking impact". :)

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