"Ask": not a noun!

[modernwizard]

So someone at work today was requesting information from participants for a staff meeting, and she framed her request like this: "Here is my ask: [insert request here]." She used "ask" as a noun to mean "the thing that I am asking you for." Why does this piece of jargon even exist when "request" fits the bill as another noun created from a verb? What does "ask" accomplish that "request" can't? Nothing!

Here's my REQUEST: Don't use "ask" as a noun.

Comments

[zander05.livejournal.com]

Using 'ask' as a noun is... stupid.

[phillycollector.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

That's a first for me. I've never heard "ask" used as a noun.

Sometimes I think people "play" with language that way to appear "cute." I'm not saying it's successful, but maybe that was why she did it.

Shrug.