Is it me, or is the word "actionable" finding its way into conversation? Don't get me wrong. I think it is terrificly useful word. But, did anyone use it before the "9-11 Commision" ( The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) hearings? Apparently, yes. A Google search turns up "about 500,000" hits. Limiting the search to "past year" gets it down to "about 196,000," but it is close to that when I crank it down to "past 3 months."

So, I know that it has always been a word, especially used in the law. But, it strike me that it is similar to the word "overzealous" as used during the Watergate hearings. ("A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." for you youngsters.) The word was always there but never so often used until after Watergate.