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Decision as a verb
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2010/04/14 - 1:08pm

Has anyone else come across someone who uses decision as a verb?

Example: Work could be decisioned by consensus.

We have a person here in the office who consistently does this and I'm curious if this is something new or just his particular quirk.

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2010/04/14 - 3:19pm

thanstra said:

Has anyone else come across someone who uses decision as a verb?

Example: Work could be decisioned by consensus.

We have a person here in the office who consistently does this and I'm curious if this is something new or just his particular quirk.


I hear it rarely. I'm not fond of it, mostly because I don't understand any nuances that distinguish it from decide, although there may be one. I hear it more like:
"Is this proposal ready for decisioning?"

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