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More Intel architects get Stexared

They have been architected, engineered. Stexared
Sun Jul 24 2005, 18:30
THE GREAT THING about the English language is that it doesn't take much at all to turn a noun into a verb.

So a fast track has turned into "to fasttrack", meaning that if you're having trouble getting through the gate at an airport, even though you've got a first class ticket, you can now say: "I have not been fasttracked". Yes, there are two letter Ts in the verb "to fasttrack". Toastrack has two [surely too? Ed.] letter Ts in it as well.

So too in living memory the noun architect has been press ganged or shanghaied into use as a verb. It's not unusual to see the phrase "has been architected" these days.

But "to Stexar"? Apparently so many Intel engineers have been fleeing the coop to join stexar.com, that when top Chipzilla guys go these days, inside they say they've been "Stexared".

Sheesh ma boab! µ

L'INQS
I stexar, you stexar, she he or it stexars
Portland Business Journal They have been stealthed

See Also
The INQUIRER guide to marketing English
The INQUIRER guide to English English

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