# Trendy buzzwords that you wish you could just blow up into smithereens **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223 "2016-03-17T00:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/221 "2016-04-10T05:07:02Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > The quarry? Now you’ve done it. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/222 "2016-04-10T05:40:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Please, PLEASE substitute a “THIMK” sign at your earliest opportunity. We are a huge I.T. department. It will happen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/223 "2016-04-10T05:50:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Good thing the rooms called “huddles” have glass walls. If they had solid walls they might be more used for “cuddles”. Perhaps some minor [del]vandalism[/del] customization of the signage is in order? 🙂 Well, all this open space _is_ supposed to make us be more creative. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/224 "2016-04-11T17:57:02Z")
It seems that “speak to” or “speaks to” is the replacement for “address” or “addresses.” ---
**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:** [April 11, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/225 "2016-04-11T20:37:42Z")
“Speak(s) to” is not exactly new. That was USAF standard bureaucratese when I was a young officer in the early 1980s. So 30+ years ago. Maybe it just now leaked into civilian practice. But I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/226 "2016-04-12T01:18:53Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > It seems that “speak to” or “speaks to” is the replacement for “address” or “addresses.” > [@LSLGuy](#): > > “Speak(s) to” is not exactly new. That was USAF standard bureaucratese when I was a young officer in the early 1980s. So 30+ years ago. > > Maybe it just now leaked into civilian practice. But I doubt it. Gentlemen, your predicament speaks to me. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/227 "2016-04-12T15:03:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Gentlemen, your predicament speaks to me. I hear ya. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/228 "2016-04-12T15:06:12Z")
Can I get an “Amen” to that? Especially an on point one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/229 "2016-04-12T22:39:56Z")
“We… reach, Mr. Spock.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/230 "2016-04-13T00:48:45Z")
“\_\_\_\_\_\_ Nation” for fans of sports teams. (E.g. Red Sox Nation, Buckeye Nation, etc.) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/231 "2016-04-13T17:48:14Z")
I’ll action your nation!! Ref [http://professionalsuperhero.com/](http://professionalsuperhero.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/232 "2016-04-13T21:38:40Z")
I just wanted to tell you… [Just tell me, dammit!] I mean ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/233 "2016-04-14T02:02:28Z")
Pronouncing “homage” in a supposedly “French” way–as o-maaaje, rather than the way I always used to hear it–as aw-mij. It seems to be the younger generation that pronunces it in the faux-french way. ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/234 "2016-04-14T02:04:55Z")
I get annoyed when someone demonstrating something on TV refers to “we” and “our,” like “now we take our onions and sauté them in our pan here.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/235 "2016-04-14T02:05:33Z")
“Can I ask you a question?” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/236 "2016-04-14T02:28:48Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Can I ask you a question?” ok now that one… if words can even _start_ to describe… excuse me - I have to do some wall-punching. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/237 "2016-04-15T20:00:20Z")
This isn’t actually a “trendy buzzword,” but I hate it with the passion of a thousand suns, when someone refers to a shooting suicide as someone “eating their gun.” That is incredibly crude and insensitive, even if it accurately represents what the person did. Makes me cringe. My utter disdain for that expression multiplied exponentially when my uncle took his own life with a gun about five months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/238 "2016-04-15T20:25:38Z")
“Lawyer up.” Christ, just hire an attorney. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/239 "2016-04-15T20:30:58Z")
“Have a good one!” “Life is too short!” I would love to see these blowup into smithereens . I am really sick of hearing both of these expression . ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/240 "2016-04-15T20:38:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Can I ask you a question?” I usually reply with “Just one, and that was it.” Then I walk away. I agree with “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Nation,” although I think that’s pretty well on its way out. All the “man” things: “Man up,” “manscaping,” “mansplaining,” “man cave,” etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=13)