Any other lawyers sick pf people using "ask" as a noun?

[Anonymous]

I just reviewed a memo from a colleague that uses "ask" as a noun about 15 times. The memo is going to retail employees, too (relates to labor negotiations).

THIS SHIT MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL. I know this isn't limited to attorneys (plenty of dimwit mid-level manager types and financial people use this lingo too), but I have been noticing it more and more lately.

[Anonymous]

How do you use ask as a noun?

[Anonymous]

"Here's our ask, 10% and not a penny less."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you use ask as a noun?

"The Ask" - please do something. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm finding people in my industry are using it, too. NBD. It's a polite, shortcut way of saying "can you do this.."

[Anonymous]

OP here. People use it as a replacement for "request" or "demand." Everytime I hear it, I think the person using it is a goddamned moron. I guess people think "ask" sounds "nicer" than "demand."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you use ask as a noun?

"The Ask" - please do something. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm finding people in my industry are using it, too. NBD. It's a polite, shortcut way of saying "can you do this.."

It's a good way of making someone sound like an idiot.

[Anonymous]

And why does this bother you?
It is grammatically correct.

[Anonymous]

"I have a solve for this problem." I suspect we will start hearing shit like this next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And why does this bother you?
It is grammatically correct.

Please don't tell me that dictionaries have started defining "ask" as a noun.

[Anonymous]

OP can you please give us four or five sample sentences to work with, just for fun.

Is it like this:
"OP, the ask is for four or five sample sentences, just for fun"?

[Anonymous]

It is a common term in finance. I guess kind of annoying but it uses one word in place of several so I am okay with it.

[Anonymous]

Are these TTT grads or top LS grads trying to be hip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are these TTT grads or top LS grads trying to be hip?

A mix. I notice otherwise smart people using this awful lingo. I really don't know why it makes me so mad, but it makes my blood boil.

[Anonymous]

NYT wrote about this last year:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/those-irritating-verbs-as-nouns/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these TTT grads or top LS grads trying to be hip?

A mix. I notice otherwise smart people using this awful lingo. I really don't know why it makes me so mad, but it makes my blood boil.

You don't have enough stressors in your life if you're blood is getting boiled by this.