My anecdotal evidence dates back to Netscape, so 1995. Shortly thereafter, the Valley was deluged by people with limited knowledge of financial markets who might have been reaching for the faux sophistication you describe, but this was before all that (and long before SOX). Bankers still usually got it right back then, but they didn't do most of the talking.
Anyway, I'm all for pedantry. I do take issue with your assertion that inappropriately verbing the acronym will hold younger entrepreneurs back in some way. I do not believe it.
It seems to me that you might have some special reverence for the term. Fair enough. Surely you've seen this happen before though, to lesser words?
My anecdotal evidence dates back to Netscape, so 1995. Shortly thereafter, the Valley was deluged by people with limited knowledge of financial markets who might have been reaching for the faux sophistication you describe, but this was before all that (and long before SOX). Bankers still usually got it right back then, but they didn't do most of the talking.
Anyway, I'm all for pedantry. I do take issue with your assertion that inappropriately verbing the acronym will hold younger entrepreneurs back in some way. I do not believe it.
It seems to me that you might have some special reverence for the term. Fair enough. Surely you've seen this happen before though, to lesser words?