# Corporate Speak That Pisses You Off

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**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-speak-that-pisses-you-off/928852 "2020-12-24T23:02:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-speak-that-pisses-you-off/928852/251 "2021-01-16T14:34:22Z")

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> [@bob\_2](#):
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> This begs the question of finding an alternative collective noun phrase that covers the whole panoply of establishments that cater for visitors.

And this gross misuse of “begs the question” is addressed by several posters over here in this sorta similar thread:

> [@Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/598):
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> Using the phrase “begs the question” to mean “raises the question” is just wrong. This error was very common some years ago, but I thought that it was finally dying out. Then just last evening a local news anchor used the phrase. “Begging the question” is a specific logical fallacy: [Begging the Question](https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Begging-the-Question.html)

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