I hate the word "cohort".
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In Caesar's Gallic War a cohort was a unit of soldiers. There were 6 centuries (100 men) to a cohort, 10 cohorts to a legion (therefore 6,000 men). A century, then, would correspond to a company, a cohort to a battalion, and a legion to a regiment. Because of the word's history, some critics insist that cohort should be used only to refer to a group of people and never to an individual. In recent years, however, the use of cohort to refer to an individual rather than a group has become very common and is now in fact the dominant usage. Seventy-one percent of the Usage Panel accepts the sentence The cashiered dictator and his cohorts have all written their memoirs, while only 43 percent accepts The gangster walked into the room surrounded by his cohort. Perhaps because of its original military meaning and paramilitary associations, cohort usually has a somewhat negative connotation, and therefore critics of the President rather than his supporters might use a phrase like the President and his cohorts.
Saint Nick
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It is also a method of education where all students remain in a group and complete their degrees along a specifically regimented program; all taking the same courses at the same time and so on. It focuses almost totally on the group effort. It is primarily found in medical and education programs.
And THAT is why I hate the word. I had to search for over 3 months to find an education program that didn't utilize the cohort methodology. What a complete and utter waste of my time, and abuse of the concepts of higher education. 8-(
And THAT is why I hate the word. I had to search for over 3 months to find an education program that didn't utilize the cohort methodology. What a complete and utter waste of my time, and abuse of the concepts of higher education. 8-(
MustangSVT
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In Caesar's Gallic War a cohort was a unit of soldiers. There were 6 centuries (100 men) to a cohort, 10 cohorts to a legion (therefore 6,000 men). A century, then, would correspond to a company, a cohort to a battalion, and a legion to a regiment. Because of the word's history, some critics insist that cohort should be used only to refer to a group of people and never to an individual. In recent years, however, the use of cohort to refer to an individual rather than a group has become very common and is now in fact the dominant usage. Seventy-one percent of the Usage Panel accepts the sentence The cashiered dictator and his cohorts have all written their memoirs, while only 43 percent accepts The gangster walked into the room surrounded by his cohort. ·Perhaps because of its original military meaning and paramilitary associations, cohort usually has a somewhat negative connotation, and therefore critics of the President rather than his supporters might use a phrase like the President and his cohorts.
AgaBoogaBoo
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DainBramaged
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I feel the same way. I noticed that lately it has become the favourite cringe word among middle management, and those who aspire to be middle management.
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