Word Routes
Exploring the pathways of our lexicon
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010
By Ben Zimmer
Earlier this month, a post by Dan Frommer on Business Insider had this to say about Google, Facebook and Apple: "Recently, all three companies have been making a lot of 'acq-hires,' where they buy a company to acquire its human resources." You read that right: acq-hire. Where did this odd word come from?
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