Atlee Savages Clunky Bloggy Terms

Atlee emails with the observation that the verb "savage" has supplanted the evil "takedown" as THE overused clunky term in blogland, and she's displeased:

You know, I don't mind some of the other terms people employ nearly so much -- "Fisking" amuses me, self-referential and precious as it may be -- but "takedown" and "savage" are two particularly clumsy words. If we're going to be repetitive, can't we at least do it stylishly?

No argument here, although I must admit that on my more "serious" site, Reductio Ad Absurdum, there is one instance of my use of a variant of the term (the February archives). But now that it's been noted, I'll try not to use it, say, more than once per month, if at all! :)

Speaking of Reductio, Benjamin and Mena Trott (the programmers behind Movable Type) were kind enough to name it a Spotlight Site on the MT website today. Thanks guys, for the great software and the nice plug!

[Posted at 22:36 CST on 03/07/02] [Link]