IMPACT is a noun — the striking of one body against another; collision.
IMPACTED is an adjective — wedged together at the broken ends; prohibiting eruption into a normal position like an impacted tooth.
IMPACTED is often mis-used as a verb — "to have an effect" — and frequently appears in the jargon-riddled remarks of politicians, officials, and analysts.
Though most word nerds disapprove of the use of impact as a transitive verb and the construction "to impact on", the verbal use of impact has become so common in the working language of corporations and institutions, most assume it will eventually become unobjectionable.
"Irregardless" is not a word, regardless of its vernacular use. I shudder whenever I hear it.
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Where have I been?
Editing "impacted" out of 60 pages of verbage (based on your definition, I'm using this term properly).
Where am I now?
Caught somewhere between thinking outside the box and blue skying — much too concrete a space to dream.
Where do I want to be?
Stuck inside a parenthetical remark.
Dream Conversation:
"What is the ASK in this?" you ask?
"Well, it's you," Mr. Boss Sir, "the ASS in this."
Please don't stop commenting.
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