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The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.
A difficult exertion of the strength or will: It was an effort to get up. A usually earnest attempt: Make an effort to arrive promptly. Something done or produced through exertion; an achievement: a play that was his finest effort. Don is efforting that task as we speak.
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A made up word used only by newscasters to show off that they're doing the job they're paid to do. A poor attempt to make the word ‘effort’ into a verb. To make it sound like something simple is tough to do, so they’re making extra effort. Often used as a stall when a report isn’t ready. We’re efforting to get that hurricane report from the beach ready for you.
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A made-up word used by TV news producers or assignment editors who should be mouth-punched; often used by people who think it's a more eloquent way of admitting fail. "Lindsay Lohan mugshots? Oh, yeah, I'm, uh, efforting them now."
"Efforting? Only the paste-eaters in the TV department use that retardese." |
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verb, to be attempting to Quote from WDSU (New Orleans, LA) Live Hurricane Coverage as seen on internet:
"We are efforting to bring you a live video from the Seventeenth Street Canal." 9/23/05 |
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The acts of putting forth effort, either in the thinking stage or action stage, in order to complete a task. "Have you done that project yet?" "I'm efforting."
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