gramer cops and other interesed parties . a question if i may?

[AllaN01Bear]

ive noticed in the last 30 or so years , there has been in popular use the word extention able .
example : access to the apartments are some what bikeABLE , or someone is on my punchABLEs list , or that computer is upgradeABLE . is this a legit extenision ? thanks in advance .

[rampartd]

1. i'd call it a "suffix"

[AllaN01Bear]

3. thanks . i just remembered that term.

[Mister Ed]

2. The one that has made me groan is the addition of "doable" to the popular lexicon.

If something can be done, then it's "doable", right? I guess the word "feasible" eluded too many people.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. aggreed

[ret5hd]

5. it's a perfectly cromulent word!

[Dave Bowman]

6. Lol, your post is really cromulent. 👍

[AllaN01Bear]

7. hehe

[Blues Heron]

8. Indubitably!

[justaprogressive]

9. this discussion is

chewable...

[snot]

10. Fwiw,

my personal pet peeve is using preventative for preventive, orientate for orient, etc. – i.e., adding or substituting a syllable in order to turn the noun form of a verb back into a longer (and to me, more officious-sounding) form of the same verb (orient –> orientation –> orientate; prevent –> prevention –> preventative).

So "he took preventive measures" becomes "he took preventative measures," and
"she glanced at the map to orient herself" becomes "she glanced at the map to orientate herself."