Words That Don't Mean What You Think They Mean: CONVERSATE

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



CONVERSATE: We hear this word a lot -- it seems like a real word, right? I mean, isn't conversating what we do in a conversation? Isn't it the verb form? No! It is not! There is no such word as conversate and never has been. If you encounter someone using this word, immediately let them know how disgusted you are by such liberties being taken against this noble language and then storm away in a huff.