“I too have felt the fury rising when I hear the word ‘deplane’ from cabin crews.”
I was about to use the word ‘deplane’ for one of my posts, but I thought ‘I’d better look it up’, all of the sudden this word didn’t feel right even if I had heard it countless times before. And I found an article about this word 🙂 on The Economist website:
“A COLLEAGUE writes: My wife was on a Delta flight last month, and on arrival at Atlanta was told over the tannoy that the passengers could now “de-plane”. They said it on the way back too. She almost died of rage.
Although I should perhaps slap my colleague on the wrist for writing “tannoy” instead of “loudspeaker” or “public-address system” (like using “hoover” instead of “vacuum cleaner”), I too have felt the fury rising when I hear the word “deplane” from cabin crews. What could possibly be wrong with “leave the aircraft”, “disembark”, or just “get off”?
But most galling is that the media have adopted the word whole-heartedly, both as a transitive (airlines deplaning passengers) and an intransitive verb (passengers deplaning). In the clearest sign that something is wrong, it can be transitive for the passengers too: you don’t “deplane from” a plane, you just deplane the plane, as if you were intending to take it to pieces with a screwdriver.
Which may well be just what you want to do, after spending several hours stuck in one.”
Full article Journalese blacklist: Deplane
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I totally agree with you. This one drives me nuts.
Up there with how they’d always ‘like’ to welcome you to your destination, but never actually welcome you there.
Utilize.
It’s the word stupid people utilize when they mean ‘use’.
Wonderful. I hope that you feel better. For the author, this post must be the similar to a verbal bowel movement. If not, it is space-filling blather. Speaking only for myself, I think most readers expect a bit more in exchange for their reading time. When one has nothing to say, please don’t try to say it.