According to Dave Massey:
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> Philip E Bacon writes:
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> >What the hell kind of a verb is "tasked" !!!!! Phil (not kidding) Bacon
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> Forsooth, Phil, wherefore dost thou ask questions such as these?
> Anyone who has sat in a meeting with Dilberts pointy hair's boss
> has undoubedly heard this "verb" countless times.
>
I heard that term used in the military before Dilbert was ever
dreamed of.
And Webster doesn't seem to have a problem with it as a verb either!!
Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasking}.]
1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business,
labor, or duty to.
bill
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