Fucking speak English, please
Dear moron,
Impact is a noun. It is not a verb. Something had an impact on something else, something else was not impacted by something. It doesn't work that way, you dweeb.
The only time impact is ever used as a verb is when a person is impacted, his/her rectum is stuffed full with hard dry shit that needs to be manually broken up into smaller pieces and dragged out by hand. That procedure is called disimpacting and it's what I'm going to do to you with a sandpaper glove if you don't learn to speak your FUCKING NATIVE TONGUE you asshat!

Thank you.

Signed,

Seething nurse



yes, yes, I know teeth can become impacted but don't ruin my nice rant, ok?

edit: god, I'm cranky today. Must be the 36 hours straight awake on call


(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 6 May 2008, 0:27, 3 replies)

If enough people use "impact" as a verb
then of course it is a verb. That's how language is defined. By usage.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Tue 6 May 2008, 1:36, closed)

I would agree with both of you
It's all good English, in that its meaning is understood by a fellow English speaker, but having said that my language peeve is when people say things like 'I was itching my leg all morning' - Itch is just a noun. You wouldn't say you were laptopping an email.

oops that turned into a bit of a rant...
(freakybumblebee, Tue 6 May 2008, 2:09, closed)

Fail.
It is now a verb. You might not want it to be, but it is.

P.S. But I'll forgive you, as you are a nurse.

P.P.S. Post pictures.

P.P.P.S. Of the uniform, not the disimpacting.

P.P.P.P.S. Unless it's hot.
(Parkingtigers, Tue 6 May 2008, 4:48, closed)