# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512)._