{"id":38108,"date":"2023-01-01T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T01:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=38108"},"modified":"2023-01-01T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T01:31:54","slug":"word-of-the-day-853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/01\/01\/word-of-the-day-853\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curated<\/em>:<\/p>\n

carefully chosen and thoughtfully organized or presented [Merriam-Webster<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note its lack of synchrony with the related curator<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Certainly, one might add a modifier to curator<\/em>, but to do so is to draw attention to the abnormality of applying such a word to the modifier, amplifying the dubiousness of suggesting the item is worthy of a word carrying a relatively high amount of prestige, which it has not previously earned.<\/p>\n

Keeping in mind that museums and zoos are generally considered to be establishments of high respectability, although personally I hold the admittedly minority view that zoos are offensive, this leads to the observation that the initiating word of this post, curated<\/em>, is being appropriated by less esteemed institutions. An example is a local cinema cum<\/em> restaurant, ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE:<\/em><\/strong><\/a> WOODBURY<\/em><\/strong>, under the subsection Location Features<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Vetted Well, an attached lounge featuring a curated craft cocktail menu, and an array of local and regional craft beers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, Our booze is served as entertaining cocktails selected by our bartender. Please get sloshed to enhance our profitability.<\/em><\/p>\n

Another example arrived in email, and originates with The Motley Fool<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Curated content that shares the top stories most relevant to your services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>As Random content<\/em> … would hardly be sensible, the selection of Curated<\/em> reveals itself as little more than a desperate grasp after a higher level of respectability, an attempt to impress the reader with the effort that may have been put forth. As I have not yet inspected this new web site, I cannot comment on whether this is an improvement on earlier iterations, or more resembles an office notice I encountered thirty years ago and now quote, to the best of my memory:<\/p>\n

In order to improve service to our patients, this office will be closing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instead of walking to the doctor’s office, I had to drive for ten to fifteen minutes. I was not amused.<\/p>\n

So, color me annoyed with the use of curated in Internet discourse. A curator in a museum? Great. A curator in a grocery store. No.<\/p>\n

And, for those unfamiliar with this sort of discourse, permit me to summarize: No! Unless you work for a museum, do not use curated<\/em>! It’s deceptive and annoying!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curated: carefully chosen and thoughtfully organized or presented [Merriam-Webster] Note its lack of synchrony with the related curator: a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits Certainly, one might add a modifier to curator, but to do so is to draw \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38112,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38108\/revisions\/38112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}