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Seraphin Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Seeking help on two expressions (buzzer beater and freeloader)
(a) Clearly buzzer beater is the correct one. But is "buzz beater" acceptable? I seem to hear this expression too.
(b) My friend insisted that freeloader is NOT the same as freerider. We were talking about one of his co-workers who asks her subordinates to do all the work she herself is supposed to do. My friend insisted that she is a freerider but not a freeloader. While Random House, Collins and Webster seem to agree with my friend's definitions, Lexicon of Labor by Emmett Murray seems to put both together. What's the "correct" usage of the these two terms?
Thank you.
(b) My friend insisted that freeloader is NOT the same as freerider. We were talking about one of his co-workers who asks her subordinates to do all the work she herself is supposed to do. My friend insisted that she is a freerider but not a freeloader. While Random House, Collins and Webster seem to agree with my friend's definitions, Lexicon of Labor by Emmett Murray seems to put both together. What's the "correct" usage of the these two terms?
Thank you.
Top answer
These are all slang, Seraphin, and slang is famous for often having no 'correct' form, since it seldom appears in formal writing. However, 'buzzer beater' is more usual, I think. As for 'freeloader', the person is more actively pursuing undeserved benefits than is a freerider, who has often passively received assistance.
- These are all slang, Seraphin, and slang is famous for often having no 'correct' form, since it seldom appears in formal writing.
- However, 'buzzer beater' is more usual, I think.
- As for 'freeloader', the person is more actively pursuing undeserved benefits than is a freerider, who has often passively received assistance.
- That is how I see them, though the only word among them that I actually use is 'freeloader'.
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These are all slang, Seraphin, and slang is famous for often having no 'correct' form, since it seldom appears in formal writing. However, 'buzzer beater' is more usual, I think.
As for 'freeloader', the person is more actively pursuing undeserved benefits than is a freerider, who has often passively received assistance.
That is how I see them, though the only word among them t
As for 'freeloader', the person is more actively pursuing undeserved benefits than is a freerider, who has often passively received assistance.
That is how I see them, though the only word among them t
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