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<blockquote data-quote="pjl" data-source="post: 3917" data-attributes="member: 606">Wise choice on the car camera!&nbsp;Professional; yet another word that has been bastardized/twisted down the recent years.In a number of ways, it's gone in to the realm of corporate buzz words tossed out during a Regal Green 6 Sigma management conference. &nbsp;American Heritage dictionary says:Comes from the word 'profess'.&nbsp;v.:1. To affirm openly, declare or claim.2. To make a pretense of.3. To claim skill or knowledge of.4. To affirm belief in.5. To receive into a religious order.Derivation: Latin; pro - fateri = pro: 'forth, in public'. fateri: 'to acknowledge, confess'.&nbsp;I think your 'pro' for the soccer shoot was running under def. 2, with a hot air blast of 1.Under the guise of just knowing he had the skill and knowledge (3)...&nbsp;Pick your fav def of 'profess', add 'ional' to it and there ya have it! A &quot;Pro&quot;!!!Make a biznez card and you're golden!&nbsp;As an aside; I got my own cross post going. I was typing an answer to the 'Ethics' thread while it was being closed...lol.Check out how I handled a 'pro' at a wedding at the end of the ethics thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pjl, post: 3917, member: 606"] Wise choice on the car camera! Professional; yet another word that has been bastardized/twisted down the recent years. In a number of ways, it's gone in to the realm of corporate buzz words tossed out during a Regal Green 6 Sigma management conference. American Heritage dictionary says: Comes from the word 'profess'. v.: 1. To affirm openly, declare or claim. 2. To make a pretense of. 3. To claim skill or knowledge of. 4. To affirm belief in. 5. To receive into a religious order. Derivation: Latin; pro - fateri = pro: 'forth, in public'. fateri: 'to acknowledge, confess'. I think your 'pro' for the soccer shoot was running under def. 2, with a hot air blast of 1. Under the guise of just knowing he had the skill and knowledge (3)... Pick your fav def of 'profess', add 'ional' to it and there ya have it! A "Pro"!!! Make a biznez card and you're golden! As an aside; I got my own cross post going. I was typing an answer to the 'Ethics' thread while it was being closed...lol. Check out how I handled a 'pro' at a wedding at the end of the ethics thread. [/QUOTE]

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