# New Buzzwords c/o the American Health Care Industries **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512 "2022-12-14T14:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zen\_Disaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zen\_Disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Disaster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/1 "2022-12-14T14:44:14Z")
**strong text** I swear it’s now gotten to the point where I refuse to reply to emails and hang up on phoners using the reprehensible phrase “reach out to” ~ hey, I’ll try anything once but when I’ve tried reaching anyone this way or they to me, the efforts invariably fail miserably! Is there somewhere we can arrange to ban this and similarly offensive verbiage from the English Language? 😛 ~Zen) ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/2 "2022-12-14T14:57:57Z")
There’s countless annoying cliches and trendy catch-all phrases out there and it gets worse daily. I have a problem with never ending initialisms. Like everyone is supposed to know what ‘XYZ’ means. I find it particularly amusing that some companies are so full of themselves they believe everyone will know who they are when they shorten their name to initials. I no longer even acknowledge. If a person thinks saying 3 initials is so much quicker than saying 3 words good for them, but don’t expect me to waste time decoding whatever it is they’re talking about. grrr! Moving on. Don’t expect this to help, but you could give it a shot: > **[GetHuman: Call Companies and Fix Customer Service Issues Faster](https://gethuman.com/)** > > Phone numbers for companies and tools for avoiding waiting on hold, other contact information like live chat, tips, secrets, and ways to solve customer service problems faster and easier than ever. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/3 "2022-12-14T15:09:48Z")
Health care buzzwords are so pervasive, they’ve spawned their own [tournament](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals-health-systems/fiercemadness-health-buzzwords-grab-a-bracket-and-get-ready-to-vote-for). I’d be happy if we could just get rid of that favorite of quacks and so-called integrative doctors, “holistic”. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/4 "2022-12-14T16:04:51Z")
If the OP is serious about this stuff, here’s a thread that’s been running for over two years and nearly 1500 posts on the same topic. Surely you’ll find plenty there to kvetch (legitimately) about: > [@Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894): > > Occasionally there are phrases and/or terms that make their way into conversational vogue among journalists and others that just rub me the wrong way. Sometimes it’s because they’re pretentious, others because they’re factually wrong, and others because they’re just ignorant. The one that’s been getting me lately is the use of “countless” as a shorthand for a large number. I usually grind my teeth because some dipshit will say “and countless people suffered X” or whatever, and I think “No, we… ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/5 "2022-12-14T16:22:11Z")
I can’t help but find it funny that as the OP of the linked thread, I worked in healthcare IT for 10 years. Buzzword absurdity is definitely a thing in healthcare. It’s almost like there’s a certain amount of cachet associated with what degree of buzzwords, impenetrable acronyms, and things referred to by their initials your particular part of the company uses. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/6 "2022-12-14T21:36:55Z")
Acronyms? Do you mean TLAs? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512/7 "2022-12-15T01:51:39Z")
We had a CEO who used to tell us the latest buzzwords every month that he had to use to be taken seriously. He was a cool guy, however, and understood the stupidity of the situation.