I'm a major fussbudget when I���m editing.
As I edit, I am fairly conservative about our language. I believe that we should respect its history and construction. That is, if there's already a word that works, it may not be necessary to make up a new one (unless we do it for a specific purpose). Some years ago, for example, I campaigned on a listserv against the word "gaialog." Using this stupid word instead of "dialog" to indicate women talking made me crazy.