31Don't Use Weblish (Words You Wouldn't Whisper to Your Sweetheart in the Dark)
Would you tell your love that you “don't have the bandwidth” for something, or would you say you “don't have the time”?
Would you say, “Let me ping you on that,” or would you say, “I'll get back to you”?
Would you say, “You're my top resource,” or would you say, “I don't know what I'd do without you”?
Would you put something on his or her “radar screen”? Or “execute on” a promise or commitment?
You get the idea. Weblish words sprouted from technology, and they have no business being applied to people. They sound as if they were being uttered by a robot, not a human being with a brain and soul and actual blood pumping through an actual heart.
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