This is an example of adding multiple suffixes to a root word to create a non-word that means the same as an existing, simpler word. You go to orientation to get ORIENTED, not "orientated." when you lose your bearings, you have become DISORIENTED, not disorientated. Maybe if these morons got an education, they'd be educated (or, as they'd probably say "educationalized"). Similarly, people in a conversation are conversing, NOT "conversating."

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