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For me, conferences are like little mental vacations: a chance to go visit an interesting place for a couple of days, and come back rested and refreshed with new ideas and perspectives.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Back Chance Come Conferences Couple Days Go Ideas Interesting Like Little Me Mental New New Ideas Perspectives Place Refreshed Rested Vacations Visit

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Uniforms are intended to make the wearer look as strong as possible. Soldiers could fight in leotards, but that's never going to happen because leotards aren't intimidating.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Because Could Fight Going Happen Intended Intimidating Look Make Never Possible Soldiers Strong Uniforms

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People say jargon is a bad thing, but it's really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Another Bad Bad Thing Jargon People People Say Professionals Really Say Shortcut Thing Understand Use Vocabulary

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If you're talking about how you promoted synergy in an organization, that could mean you just got everybody together for donuts twice a week.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: About Could Donuts Everybody Got How Just Mean Organization Promoted Synergy Talking Together Twice Twice A Week Week You

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'Aging' has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Aging Bad Been Dying Ever Figured Led Out Since

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All words have life cycles.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Cycles Life Words

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Words take on many different meanings.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Different Many Meanings Take Words

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We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Again Been Least Make Meaning Restore Using Verb Years Young Youth

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If you say 'anti-aging,' how anti would it have to be, really? My guess is not much. Any amount of sunscreen could be considered anti-aging.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Amount Anti Any Considered Could Guess How Much Really Say Sunscreen Would You

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There are very few good ways to get publicity for a dictionary.

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Dictionary Few Get Good Publicity Very Ways

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: Unknown

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