Get Me Rewrite: The 'ize' have it
By Ralph Frammolino
When it comes to making a word needlessly longer and more pompous-sounding, the ize have it. Unfortunately.
Take the humble verb “use.” Three letters, one syllable, boom.
Fearing “use” isn’t distinguished enough, scientists, bureaucrats, instruction manual hacks and even journalists super(s)ize this grammatical workhorse into the more officious “utilize” …