Thursday, July 26, 2012

Bloatware 2012




Despite my recent strictures about bloatware, I couldn’t resist the temptation to download the free preview of Microsoft Office 2013, even though I have not the slightest use even a fraction of its myriad features now that my translation days are behind me. Still, I must say it looks very nice even though the spellchecker doesn’t recognise the word bloatware. With good reason!

What else? Oh yes, my recommendation for the Word of the Year: challenging. As in “the economic situation in Greece is challenging”. Synonyms: dire, hopeless, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous.

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