03-18-2011, 08:13 PM
The other night I heard a commercial about how easy their product was 'to cloud.' I wasn't watching so I don't know what was being advertised but using cloud as a verb made the grammer nazi in me take notice.
The use of 'cloud' as a verb
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03-18-2011, 08:13 PM
The other night I heard a commercial about how easy their product was 'to cloud.' I wasn't watching so I don't know what was being advertised but using cloud as a verb made the grammer nazi in me take notice.
03-18-2011, 08:16 PM
Chick threatened to cloud our pix if I didn't leave my wife.
03-18-2011, 08:24 PM
I can't stand most of the cloud marketing because it is often 1) doesn't actually make use of cloud computing or 2) doesn't actually make a difference if it was on the cloud or not.
03-18-2011, 08:25 PM
"Hookers and booze will cloud your judgement." Isn't that correct usage?
But yeah - my grammar nazi is on the march too. I understand that languages are not static, but ours is being tortured to death. There's a special place in hell for the marketing "creatives" who come up with this shit.
03-18-2011, 08:28 PM
Cloud is a perfectly respectable verb. Once you start making up tech words though, all bets are off.
cloud verb Definition of CLOUD intransitive verb 1 : to grow cloudy —usually used with over or up 2 a of facial features : to become troubled, apprehensive, or distressed in appearance
03-18-2011, 08:30 PM
Uncle Wig wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo Uh, NSFW language, BTW.
03-18-2011, 08:34 PM
DaviDC. wrote: don't let it cloud your perception... ummm... did you say grammer
03-18-2011, 08:45 PM
To cloud one's mind? What's ya smokin'?
03-18-2011, 08:48 PM
M A V I C wrote: The one where the woman clones her kids' heads into one picture to make a nice family photo drives me nuts. What does that have to do with "the cloud"?
03-18-2011, 08:56 PM
....the Shadow....CLOUDED......my judgement.....
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