# Buzzwords that I'm totally over - "vulnerable" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629 "2020-04-12T13:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/21 "2020-04-16T12:28:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > “Let’s circle back to that” > > “going forward” (though I must admit I’ve been guilty of using this phrase at times :o) I was just going to post that! Only in the form “on a going-forward basis.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/22 "2020-04-16T13:09:17Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I was just going to post that! Only in the form “on a going-forward basis.” Nice, I almost ‘ninja’d’ somebody. I think that would’ve been the first time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/23 "2020-04-16T14:13:22Z")
In the “kids these days” department (because I’ve never encountered this from anyone my age-ish or older) I literally cannot stand the literal language abuse of literally using a certain word just literally way too often. Literally! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/24 "2020-04-16T14:38:38Z")
Survivor in place of victim. Being a victim of a crime or whatever doesn’t make you inferior. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/25 "2020-04-16T15:46:18Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Survivor in place of victim. > Being a victim of a crime or whatever doesn’t make you inferior. The problem is that a lot of words pick up negative connotations. Such as things like the mental disability euphemism treadmill—it’s almost inevitable that terminology will have to be replaced because there will be a significant number of people who start using the terms disparagingly. At some point the best option is to give up on the old term and find a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/26 "2020-04-16T16:12:28Z")
Pretty any term that becomes fashionable in business management circles is vile. This page lists over a hundred, and I hate nearly all of them – [The Ultimate List of 119 Hated Business Buzzwords | TrustRadius](https://www.trustradius.com/buyer-blog/119-hated-business-buzzwords) I pretty much hate any new acronym or initialism, especially if it replaces an existing ordinary word These are my most hated from that link – Agile Bandwidth Moving forward–and its close cousin “going forward” Reach out Wheelhouse Buy-in Pain point Best in class / Best of breed Metrics Pivot Intelligence, whether it’s “artificial intelligence,” “business intelligence,” “emotional intelligence,” “market intelligence,” “competitive intelligence,” or otherwise. Analytics Unpack Onboarding (and “get everyone on board”) Scrum Story (in context of “storytelling,” “user stories,” or making a “long story short”) Actionable Socialize Verticals Optics Space (as in “playing in” a particular “space”) Oh, and here’s one I thought of – “Current awareness” – ugh ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/27 "2020-04-17T12:41:29Z")
You’re surprised a minister is a bullshit artist? That is problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/28 "2020-04-17T13:07:04Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Pretty any term that becomes fashionable in business management circles is vile. This page lists over a hundred, and I hate nearly all of them – [The Ultimate List of 119 Hated Business Buzzwords | TrustRadius](https://www.trustradius.com/buyer-blog/119-hated-business-buzzwords) #73 on that list: “open the kimono”. This is a common business buzz phrase? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/29 "2020-04-17T14:25:04Z")
Re-adapting internet-related terms: “Offline” used in the sense of someone bringing up something in a business meeting that is either off-topic or they’re going into too much detail, and they’re told “let’s talk about that offline”. Seconding “bandwidth” from Acsenray’s list. I’ve heard that all the time at my last two jobs : “do you have enough bandwidth to take on this project?” Why not just say “time”? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/30 "2020-04-17T14:35:59Z")
Oh, and I was wondering what this thread was reminding me of-- just remembered, this old [dack.com](http://dack.com) bullshit generator. Still is pretty relevant: [dack.com \> web \> web economy bullshit generator](https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html) “incentivize cutting-edge partnerships” “benchmark mission-critical technologies” “enhance bleeding-edge paradigms” etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/31 "2020-04-17T14:39:00Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > #73 on that list: “open the kimono”. This is a common business buzz phrase? I know it from the context of mergers, acquisitions, and other situations in which two companies are entering into a close relationship of some kind. I don’t hear it much in general conversation in my own day-to-day life. It seems to me one of those macho investor terms. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/33 "2020-04-17T20:33:10Z")
> [@NastyNas](#): > > That’s a good one, what does it mean exactly? I’ve been hearing the Trump is gonna be impeached for years and thought that meant losing the presidency or even jail time lol. Apparently not. Is it a serious question? Under the U.S. Constitution, impeachment is a formal accusation of wrongdoing or impropriety against a federal office holder by the House of Representatives. It’s analogous to an indictment against an ordinary citizen by a federal jury. The accusation goes to the Senate for adjudication, analogous to a trial. The Senate decides whether there is sufficient evidence to remove the accused from office. The Senate has no power to impose any other punishment, such as imprisonment. Three presidents have been impeached–Andrew Johnson, William J. Clinton, and Donald J. Trump. None of them have as of yet been removed from office. There have been some lower federal officials, such as judges, who have been removed from office after impeachment. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/34 "2020-04-18T14:09:12Z")
I get tired of what might be called “personal” buzzwords—a word that an individual latches on to and wears out. I have had a series of bosses, each of which had a pet word: “Niiiiiice.” “Sweet.” “Coolcoolcool.” I’m also well sick and tired of: “YeahNo” / “NoYeah” I can’t even tell what that’s supposed to mean any more. It used to be that “YeahNo” was a way to soften or emphasize a “No” and “NoYeah” was a way to emphasize a “Yeah.” But I don’t think I’m hearing it that way any more. It has just become verbal punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/35 "2020-04-18T16:03:10Z")
I’m an emotional person. Vulnerable is an important way of being for me and my colleagues. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/36 "2020-04-18T16:23:46Z")
I’m ready to throw “toxic” and “toxin” under the bus. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/37 "2020-04-18T16:34:20Z")
How about Trump Derangement Syndrome? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/38 "2020-04-18T17:45:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The problem is that a lot of words pick up negative connotations. Such as things like the mental disability euphemism treadmill—it’s almost inevitable that terminology will have to be replaced because there will be a significant number of people who start using the terms disparagingly. Heh, I remember once I wrote something where I parodied a support group meeting as “Adult Children of Recovering Victims”. But part of the matter is that “victim” has been saddled with a connotation of helplessness; and “survivor” does carry a connotation of that you have come out on the other side of whatever the calamity was. > [@What\_the](#): > > How about Trump Derangement Syndrome? Nah, “\_\_\_\_\_ derangement syndrome” where the blank is filled by whoever is currently in the office has been around for a while before the current term; it’s just a cliché way of dismissing opposition, not a true buzzword. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/39 "2020-04-19T00:38:14Z")
I was going to nominate “e-anything” and “i-whatever” but that dates me. I’m so lucky! I haven’t had to live with buzzwords for years! Remember when NewAge (rhymes with sewage) jargon conquered corporate-speak? Good thing the Pentagon never patronized Esalen. The “inner child” is armed and dangerous enough already. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/40 "2020-04-19T00:55:27Z")
“Bandwidth” is sometimes useful, if you need to draw the distinction between the amount of labor-hours you’d need to put into something as opposed to the number of calendar days. I have uttered words similar to “calendar days, as opposed to bandwidth” on multiple times at my job. One example where the bottleneck would be “calendar days” and not “bandwidth” is an approval process requiring a huge amount of signatures, say, 15. You can’t really say it would take a lot of “bandwidth” to complete the process because each signature only takes a few minutes to do, 10 at the most if you intensely read the documentation, but if there are several levels of signatures which are each constrained by the last person to approve, it very well might not be doable in a day even though the “bandwidth” involved is small: the people involved would not be working on it for the entire day but could accomplish a lot more than that during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/41 "2020-04-19T01:28:09Z")
I’m pretty sick of the phrase, “That’s a good question.” I bet I hear it once a day (or more!) from one interviewee or another on NPR. Also, “double down.” Seems like Trump is always doubling down on something but there are others in the news doing it too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629.md?page=3)