a word smart people use to sound dumb, "proactive" supposes a superior degree of action and, perforce, an inferior inaction and can be likened to the attempt to qualify an absolute. a patent nonsense and specious construct deriving from the same font of blather from which insurance and real estate industry "professionals" drink freely, whence also comes;
"pricepoint", "impactful", "empowered" and "that said". an example of the fundamental paradox of the school of polysyllabic palaver which proves more is actually less.
"pricepoint", "impactful", "empowered" and "that said". an example of the fundamental paradox of the school of polysyllabic palaver which proves more is actually less.
i empowered my client when the pricepoint i suggested proved impactful to the sale of their home. that said, i was proactive.
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An insult you call a calm person because prolactin is the chemical in the brain that is released after comedown which makes you calm for a while.
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"Although Huskin was not proacademy, in this situation he represented many of the views popular with the Royal Academy.", from 'Albert Moore' by Nancy Elizabeth Lonhart · 1987
"Noacademy males were constantly advised that there was no proacademy bias -- that the alumni did well because of rigorous screening and extensive traning.", from 'Bring Me Men and Women', by Judith Stiehm, Stiehm · 1981
"Vyacheslav Ivanov's 1909 course on verification was subsequently called the ProAcademy by young poets of the time." from 'My Half Centure', by Anna Akhmatova · 1997
"Noacademy males were constantly advised that there was no proacademy bias -- that the alumni did well because of rigorous screening and extensive traning.", from 'Bring Me Men and Women', by Judith Stiehm, Stiehm · 1981
"Vyacheslav Ivanov's 1909 course on verification was subsequently called the ProAcademy by young poets of the time." from 'My Half Centure', by Anna Akhmatova · 1997
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From the New York Times article "Sweeping the Clouds Away" by Virginia Heffernan, dated November 18, 2007, describing early Sesame Street episodes: "Cookie Monster was on a fast track to diabetes. Oscar’s depression was untreated. Prozacky Elmo didn’t exist."
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