Phrases you hate...

ah hell everybody does the "bad boy" thing here, it's permeated somewhat to the 'older' crowd even. I hate it too.

here's a couple i hate:

"don't we already have this thread?"

"we've done this before"

"No biggie" for "that's not a big problem"

Absolutely fucking dreadful.

"mentee" instead of "protege" -- don't be making up new words that suck when there are already good ones

mentee makes me think of manatees or mentos

I would LIKE working with manatees. "Mentees", not so much

- "fast track" as a verb
- "incentivize" instead of "encourage"

Using verb "do" when ordering food.
"And for you sir?"
"Uh, I think I'll do the cedar plank grilled salmon."

Maybe he has something else in mind in regards to his dinner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdvyYc5zmE

If this nitwit in the office uses "reach out" for "communicate" one more time...

a new one i'm hearing is "inreach" (communicating internally, as opposed to "outreach")

yaaaaaaargh

my brother laughed at me for saying "right on" on the phone the other day, something I say probably 800 times a day

stop saying 'within' instead of 'in'

stop saying 'utilize' instead of 'use'

stop saying 'embolden' and punch yourself

stop saying 'utilize' instead of 'use'

so otm

a new one i'm hearing is "inreach" (communicating internally, as opposed to "outreach")

Rage.

"real talk"

ugh

a new one i'm hearing is "inreach" (communicating internally, as opposed to "outreach")

yaaaaaaargh

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just had to use this is a statement of work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/images/2006/10/19/dmu_head_in_hands_315x420.jpg

'TANOREXIA'. STOP IT. NOW.

douchenozzle

phrases you love: "holy cats!"

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My boss quit last month. The person in charge of supervising me now says "it is what it is".

"Give it up for Nicki Minaj."

'learnings'

"Listen to your body"

i really enjoy all these shitty phrases tbh

.. going forward.

"... with regard to (X)..." when it is entirely unncessary.

^^^^ yes also:

"with respect to"
"in terms of"

oh, also 'next-level' and 'epic.' but i suspect they've been covered already.

"traditional socities"

argh!

"Obama is not perfect"

"all of the _________s"

I swear some people can't help talking entirely in memes

I know it's hard to hear, Morbs, but it's true.

"what we talk about when we talk about"
"not a good look"

"what we talk about when we talk about"

this one is terrible. it gets tacked onto all kinds of book and article titles for no reason other than It Is A Clever Reference To A Famous Writer Don't You See

I think there was a time when "The Unbearable Lightness Of X [or of Being X]" was used similarly, also "Portrait of the Artist as an X"

people who unnecessary pluralize things to sound like lolcats - "we should go play Halos now"

"at the end of the day..."

Stop titling books The End of something

"no homo" always bugs me.

yeah i'd probably never hang out with someone who would actually say that, but the Lonely Island song on that is really funny

.. going forward.

I'm not sure how you're hearing it used, but to me it's just a common phrase synonymous with "from now on" but without the slightly commanding tone. Or interchangeable with "in the future," which I don't love b/c in my head I always imagine I'm talking about the far, far Future.

"let's take this offline"

Something McSomethingson. ugh.

"going forward" vs "in future"

Something McSomethingson. ugh.

^ yeah, this is the fucking worst, nappy mcnapperson or whatever. go die.

I basically say many of these all day at my job.

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