Middle-schooler: What's the noun for expedite? Me: What? MS: Like "something that's been expedited." Me: Oh. I don't know. MS: I keep thinking "expedition." But I know it's not. Me: MS: Me: It should be, though. MS: Right? There should be someone we could call.
Replying to @DTWillingham
Promptness. Dispatch. Celerity. And indeed, as has already been remarked, "expedition" -- even if the word now has an archaic sound. A significant part of acquiring mastery in the use of a language is recognizing variations in diction. "Expedition" is extreme high-level diction.
9:00 AM - 23 Mar 2019
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