"Could you send me an invite?"
No. Invite is a verb. If you are so mortally terrified of 4 syllable words that 'invitation' is beyond you, say "Could you invite me?".

"Can we sit down at some point today?" "But I already am sitting down."

This is a little bit off topic, but it's almost appropriate - our Global MD was giving a webinar(!) the other day, introducing our little business to the enormous American conglomerate that has bought us out. He actually, sincerely, and with no trace of self-awareness used the phrase "The world is now truly global". That's through Brent and into Bush territory. Luckily I had my phone on mute as Mr Tourette briefly inhabited my vocal cords...
(Mumm-ra, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:03, 4 replies)

I beg to differ
Invite is a thing. Wedding invites. Party invites. It is a noun as well. Certinly cloakreally, anyway.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:05, closed)

In which case...
...you are already dead to me. Wedding Invitations. Party Invitations.

Who the hell do these colloquians think they are anyway? Coming over here and taking our words?

From the Oxford English Dictionary: invite

• verb 1 ask in a friendly or formal way to go somewhere or to do something. 2 request (something) formally or politely. 3 tend to provoke (a particular outcome or response).

• noun informal an invitation.

Informal in this case meaning 'used by a chav' or 'used by a person from Cambridge'...
(Mumm-ra, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:14, closed)

Oh I was dead many, many years ago, my dear.
I have what is known in certain circles as "An Agreement".
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:16, closed)

American companies
I briefly worked for one, and learned all kinds of exciting new words, including 'webinar' - also 'town hall' = meeting of everyone in the company; 'right-sizing exercise' - redundancies. I can't remember the others, but it really did take some of the pain out of bad news to hear all the made-up terms they used to describe it. Oh, and they loved the 'bus' analogy - you know, "we're making changes and you're either on the bus with us, or being left behind".

Also, our induction included a song about integrity. I heard that during the AGMs in the US, our glorious leaders would enter the stage to the sound of our integrity anthem. Special times.
(entry_level_adultette, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:53, closed)