"Albeit". Use this stupid, pretentious word in my presence and you risk a fat lip, I can tell you. Also, the use of the abominable "prior to" instead of "before" (a lovely word if ever there was one) is a mortal sin. Finally, I went to Morrisons the other day with my turkey order form, on which I was able to "pre-order" my Kelly Bronze. I informed the young woman at Customer Services that I did not wish to pre-order a turkey: I wished to order one. She looked at me as though I'd gone bananas.