# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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 28, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/42 "2020-04-28T00:34:08Z")
“\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Strong” ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/43 "2020-04-28T15:01:40Z")
People with cancer or survivors of it saying things like “kick cancer’s butt” to cheer people on. Having known people who have died of cancer, it’s not a matter of willpower. Sometimes people just die despite everyone’s best efforts. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/44 "2020-04-28T15:03:42Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > People with cancer or survivors of it saying things like “kick cancer’s butt” to cheer people on. Having known people who have died of cancer, it’s not a matter of willpower. Sometimes people just die despite everyone’s best efforts. The one I’ve seen is “fuck cancer.” Sometimes there seems to be some social pressure to chime in. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/45 "2020-04-28T15:10:33Z")
Overuse of the word “mindful” to give a sensitive or new-agey vibe to whatever advice is being given. Like “be mindful of social distancing.” I know the word has multiple meanings , and when used in relation to meditation I’m fine and in agreement with it, but it’s been creeping into everything to give a fake “sensitive” vibe to any kind of command or exhortation. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/46 "2020-04-28T15:25:00Z")
I thought this thread was going to be about the OP being tired of all the covid coverage and talking about “our most vulnerable citizens”. I somehow missed the “buzzwords” part. I don’t seem to encounter “vulnerable” a lot, but I’ll allow it if the speaker can manage to pronounce it properly. VUL NER A BULL. Not VUN RIBULL:mad: My list of buzz words and speech quirks is far too long to list and it includes just about every one that’s already been mentioned. Some I didn’t see: **Real Estate**. As in “I don’t know how much real estate we want to devote on our front page to that”. **Dynamics**. Totally thrown around without any regard to its meaning. And one that is more specific to a co-worke,r and which staying home so I don’t have to hear it all day is almost worth it: “admittedly”. When trying to explain something to a client his long ramblings are peppered with “admittedly”. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/47 "2020-04-28T15:29:42Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I thought this thread was going to be about the OP being tired of all the covid coverage and talking about “our most vulnerable citizens”. I somehow missed the “buzzwords” part. I don’t seem to encounter “vulnerable” a lot, but I’ll allow it if the speaker can manage to pronounce it properly. VUL NER A BULL. Not VUN RIBULL:mad: How Californian of you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/48 "2020-04-28T16:21:36Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > How Californian of you. 😉 Don’t you get me started, you!😛 Is that the west coast / Calif. way? I just assumed it was the CORRECT way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/49 "2020-04-28T17:11:29Z")
As for me, I’m getting awfully damned tired of hearing “uncertain” and “uncertain times”. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/50 "2020-04-28T17:21:29Z")
It seems to be dying a natural death, but I still see it sometimes: the idea of using periods between words for emphasis. Too. Stupid. To. Live. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/51 "2020-04-28T17:57:06Z")
I’ll give all credit to people whodo hard work, or dangeous work, or go into a battle, but I am over the word “hero” It’s being overused. Everyone’s a hero it seems. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/52 "2020-04-28T19:18:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ll give all credit to people whodo hard work, or dangeous work, or go into a battle, but I am over the word “hero” It’s being overused. Everyone’s a hero it seems. Yeah, there seems to be a lot of confusion between “doing one’s difficult or possibly dangerous job” and doing something actually _heroic_. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/53 "2020-05-01T16:47:54Z")
“Orthogonal” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629/54 "2020-05-01T17:26:45Z")
“At the end of the day…” At the end of the day we need to violently dispose of “at the end of the day.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629.md?page=2)