# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/41 "2016-03-17T12:25:52Z")
“Problematic.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/42 "2016-03-17T12:31:57Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So you’re saying it needs to go away? > > Yeah, and “trigger”. And “mansplain”/“manspread”/any other neo-feminazi garbage. While I agree with you, “feminazi” also has to go, and should have gone over a decade ago. “Amazeballs” is another one that drives me nuts. Also, as mentioned above, the modern portmanteau trend, whether it’s countries or couples. Even the long established Benelux slightly irks me, although I confess, for brevity, it works and it useful, ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/43 "2016-03-17T12:39:02Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > “ON FLEEK” meaning perfect, perfectly groomed. My vision is obscured by a billowing red cloud of hate when I hear, for example, that idiot on Fashion Police say, ‘she was definitely on fleek last night’. Oh god yes. Every time I hear “on fleek” I want to shout “SHUT UP SHUT UP YOU WANKER YOU SOUND LIKE MORK”. But I don’t. > [@](#): > > I understand it is rapidly falling out of favor with the in crowd, thank god. One can only hope. > [@panache45](#): > > And of course, AMAZING. I so want to send a thesaurus to every television reality show judge because of this. ---
**Author:** ![Moonshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Moonshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonshine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/44 "2016-03-17T12:40:39Z")
“Price point” where “price” will do, which is almost everywhere. And any clickbait headlines which indicate that the internet has gone insane, lost it’s mind or lost it’s shit. And stop telling me that I “need” to see something. I need to eat, I need to breathe but I don’t need to see this. I’m going to hike my trousers up beneath my armpits now and stomp off back to my allotment shed. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/45 "2016-03-17T12:46:12Z")
I know it has been mentioned already, but it is so bad it needs to be mentioned again: Epic! (Even Faith No More never used the word in the song) Bling Dropped (As in the new Ghostbusters trailer dropped today) Mancave Cray Cray Kardashian Reality TV ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/46 "2016-03-17T13:17:40Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > “Pivot”. Refers to startups realizing that their existence is predicated on nonsense and changing their focus to something else. > > “Scrum”, “sprint”, “agile” and other jargon related to the trendy development style de jure. _Pivot!!!_ I must say I don’t really hear this word used much, unless maybe in an exercise class where a move is being explained, and even then I have to stop myself from busting out laughing because I’m hearing Ross Gellar yelling it in my head. I’m not sure that I get what “bae” means. Is it in conjunction with Beyonce / Queen Bey (whom I’m also kind of sick of, though I don’t by any means wish to blow up to smithereens). Oh wait, did someone here explain it means “baby”? We needed another, \*stupid \*sounding word for that? Never heard “on fleek”. It’s meaning was explained but what the heck is the origin of this truly stupid sounding term? More importantly, _Fashion Police is still on_? How did I miss that?😕 I can get on the hate wagon for most of the stuff mentioned here, though “hangry” and “stabby” still provide me with some joy. The one I hate and that I usually mention in these kind of threads is “forward” as in “going forward”. Not only is it stupid and overused, but every dipshit seems to pronounce it FOwerd, as if they were just transplanted from New York. “Amazing” makes me think of annoying twenty- something women who apparently do not own a thesaurus, as they apply it to everything. It’s also usually pronounced in a certain way that I don’t know how to illustrate correctly but makes me homicidal. I don’t hear as much now but there was a time when one would here it every damn where. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/47 "2016-03-17T13:25:13Z")
“Gift” used as a verb. Also “gifting”. Hey, everyone out there on the interwebs and beyond? Please gift me the cessation of employing this awful misuse of the noun “gift”. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/48 "2016-03-17T13:29:59Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “Reach out” GGHHHHHHH :mad::mad::mad: I hate this _so much_! I don’t need anyone in the workplace to “REACH OUT” to me, nor do I need to “Reach out” to someone in purchasing for assistance with a quote. This is not a plea for rescue or sympathy for fuck’s sake, I just need you to do whatever you’re supposed to be doing. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/49 "2016-03-17T13:33:05Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > “Gift” used as a verb. Also “gifting”. > > Hey, everyone out there on the interwebs and beyond? Please gift me the cessation of employing this awful misuse of the noun “gift”. As long as we’re mentioning things mistakenly used as verbs, “antiquing” is a process used to make something look old. It is not what you and your yuppy girlfriend do on the weekend, looking for that perfect piece of old furniture. And your mattress doesn’t sleep hot or cold; it just sits there and \*you \*sleep on _it_. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/50 "2016-03-17T13:38:08Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > fierce - It’s a good word to use for a wild animal, but not a woman. Sounds stupid. > [@](#): > > \*Oh, when she’s angry, she is keen and shrewd! > > She was a vixen when she went to school. > > And though she be but little, she is fierce.\* You’re going to have to take that one up with Shakespeare. Like **Labdad** and **orderfire** , I am tired of being ‘reached out’ to. Keep your hands to yourself, already. Also, the happy couple who exclaims ‘we’re pregnant!’ No, only one of you is. ‘We’re expecting’ was a perfectly acceptable phrase in the past, everyone knows what it means and there’s nothing wrong with continuing to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/51 "2016-03-17T13:42:41Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > GGHHHHHHH :mad::mad::mad: > I hate this _so much_! > I don’t need anyone in the workplace to “REACH OUT” to me, nor do I need to “Reach out” to someone in purchasing for assistance with a quote. This is not a plea for rescue or sympathy for fuck’s sake, I just need you to do whatever you’re supposed to be doing. Mostly what I hate about “reach out” is that it triggers a Four Tops earworm. _…I’ll be there to love and comfort yooooou…_ ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/52 "2016-03-17T13:47:58Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > As long as we’re mentioning things mistakenly used as verbs, “antiquing” is a process used to make something look old. It is not what you and your yuppy girlfriend do on the weekend, looking for that perfect piece of old furniture. The latter sense is pretty long established, in my experience as a resident of a place people come to do it. It follows a pattern of the language: “oystering” is seeking and acquiring oysters, for example. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/53 "2016-03-17T13:49:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Mostly what I hate about “reach out” is that it triggers a Four Tops earworm. > > _…I’ll be there to love and comfort yooooou…_ I’m glad you said that. The next time some d bag uses the phrase I’ll immediately picture [this](http://images.bwwstatic.com/upload/39401/tops.gif) whilst simultaneously playing the song in my head. It should work well to alleviate my annoyance. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/54 "2016-03-17T13:51:41Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > The latter sense is pretty long established, in my experience as a resident of a place people come to do it. It follows a pattern of the language: “oystering” is seeking and acquiring oysters, for example. You’re right; I forgot about the “trendy” part :smack: Still annoying as hell though and deserves to be blown up. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/55 "2016-03-17T14:02:42Z")
Truth is, I probably use 80% of the words and phrases here, maybe more. Seriously, “to reach out” is a common peeve? Is “get in touch with” okay? Or is “contact” the only acceptable verb for those folks? Other ones for me: any of those stupid political name-calling words like “cuckservative” or “democrap” or “rethuglican” or even “Drumpf.” None of them are remotely clever and make the user look like a sophomoric partisan hack to me. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/56 "2016-03-17T14:31:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “Amazeballs” is another one that drives me nuts. And its stupid cousin “awesome sauce”. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/57 "2016-03-17T14:41:05Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > As long as we’re mentioning things mistakenly used as verbs, “antiquing” is a process used to make something look old. It is not what you and your yuppy girlfriend do on the weekend, looking for that perfect piece of old furniture. And your mattress doesn’t sleep hot or cold; it just sits there and \*you \*sleep on _it_. Love it or hate its use, but “antiquing” can mean both using artificial means to make something look old \*and \*shopping for antiques: > [@](#): > > verb (used without object), antiqued, antiquing. > 13. > > to shop for or collect antiques: > She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston. Never mind. Looks like I should have read entire thread before commenting. Nothing to see here, move along. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/58 "2016-03-17T14:48:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “Amazeballs” is another one that drives me nuts. > [@xizor](#): > > And its stupid cousin “awesome sauce”. Though the “improvement” on the former – “totes amazeballs” – is so over-the-top that I almost like it, in a revolted kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/59 "2016-03-17T14:50:59Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “Reach out” Fucking hell, I hate this stupid faux touchy-feely bullshit. What the fuck is the matter with “I called her”? Makes me want to reach out and slap the shit out of whoever says this. Also, “thought leader” is presently annoying me. ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/60 "2016-03-17T14:51:59Z")
I remember first hearing “reach out” on that 1989s cop show. Sipowitz always said it. Phony as hell. He also always said “sorry for your loss”–phony as hell. “issues” for problems–I’ve lost that one, although still irritates. opine kerfuffle or however it’s spelled go ahead and… The NPR “So…” The NPR “Thank you SO MUCH” Americans using Englishisms: What is she on about… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=4)