Potential: 1. a nice way of saying that things aren't good enough now 2. a word used to push deadlines farther out to some undefined future point 3. this word sucks
Totally agree. When I hear that word all I think of is a twenty-something describing her not-good-enough boyfriend (and I'm totally including myself in that group!)
That should be your next poll - what's a genuinely good use of the word "potential" :)
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Totally agree. When I hear that word all I think of is a twenty-something describing her not-good-enough boyfriend (and I'm totally including myself in that group!)
That should be your next poll - what's a genuinely good use of the word "potential" :)
We use that in some form as a teacher comment on report cards a LOT, mainly for the reasons you posted.
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