Two Overworked Words

"Hack" is one. A "hack" isn't a "useful tip" or "suggestion". It meant "to gain access illegally to a computer system". "Hack" also meant someone who was incompetent or unskilled at their job. In short, it was an insult. (It also meant a taxicab or a small carriage for hire.)

Coming up with a better way to fry an egg isn't a "hack".

Second one: "Disruptive technology". It seems that every new device or method these days is "disruptive". Including an as-yet untried robot to weed fields.

Hack writers who overuse the word "disruptive" should be shot with a disruptor.

Hospitalized Zebras Sure are Cranky!

At least, that's what this headline implies:

Arkansas judge mauled by zebra released from hospital

Punctuation, people. Now, if it had read:

Arkansas judge, mauled by zebra, released from hospital

Wouldn't that have been a lot clearer?

(The story)