The following two words are not verbs, no matter how much some folks think they should be:
- Onboard: To bring on board. As in, “We onboarded the new hires.” Okay, it’s a shortening of a term, so it’s got a scosh of respectability. Still, way too Dilbertish.
- Solution: To come up with one or more solutions. See also, “solve.” As in, “We’re looking to solution the problem.” Um, see also, “solve.”
Thank you.
UPDATE: I was a bit bemused to discover that we no longer call the department “Quality” but “Performance Management.”
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Then there are verbs that have been enlarged for no apparent reason, like ‘utilize’, which means ‘use’. There appears to be no way to kill this verb, even if one utilizes an axe.
And ‘party’…
Oh, well, given the context of its utterance, one ought to be willing to give “party” a slack. Especially since it’s not a verb of a noun form of a verb.