# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/121 "2016-03-18T14:09:59Z")
Adorbs or conversate. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/122 "2016-03-18T14:12:57Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > I thought the “come with” was because “come with me” was incorrect grammar? “Come with me” is correct grammar. “Me” is the object of the preposition “with.” Some people clearly guess at grammar. Or they think it’s safest to completely avoid objective case pronouns because they don’t know when to use “I” and when to use “me.” As in, “It was hilarious to Bob and I.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/123 "2016-03-18T14:16:18Z")
> [@stolatt](#): > > Adorbs Also “adorkable” with the rise of the “manic pixie dream girl” (which seems thankfully played out) and gamer girls (who are perfectly fine, just not when I have to hear ‘adorkable’) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/124 "2016-03-18T14:29:16Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > I thought the “come with” was because “come with me” was incorrect grammar? Are you an Upper Midwesterner, by chance? ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/125 "2016-03-18T15:15:44Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > So true! I’ve heard this phrase used to describe the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. > > My contribution: I’m having trouble getting used to “with” without. That is, “with” without an prepositional object: _If you’re not doing anything tonight, why don’t you come with?_. > > Maybe this is a regionalism (we’re new to the Upper Midwest), but I’m guessing it’s a new thing them whippersnappers like to say. It’s absolutely an upper Midwest thing and has been there for ages. I’m in Chicago and it’s even been here since I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. Read about it [here.](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/everyones-a-linguist-more-on-coming-with/279596/) To me, it’s perfectly standard for my dialect and unobjectionable. If I want to be careful, I may switch to “come along,” but, speaking to anyone I know well, it’s “come with.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/126 "2016-03-18T15:38:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s absolutely an upper Midwest thing and has been there for ages. I’m in Chicago and it’s even been here since I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. Read about it [here.](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/everyones-a-linguist-more-on-coming-with/279596/) To me, it’s perfectly standard for my dialect and unobjectionable. If I want to be careful, I may switch to “come along,” but, speaking to anyone I know well, it’s “come with.” Cool map – thanks! ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/127 "2016-03-18T16:24:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How many here admit to using some of these terms? My speech is peppered with Britishisms, though I don’t say them with a faux, Madonna style accent. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/128 "2016-03-18T16:51:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I fucking hate, “The Next Level”. That bugs me a lot (and so do all its variants), but the one that really gets me is when people talk about how something is \ “on so many levels.” Business lingo annoys me in general, mostly because it’s some unholy combination of pretentious and stupid at the same time. And in its worst incarnations, is actively bad. For example, the current trend where I work is to refer to people as “resources”. This is actively bad, because it reinforces the notion that people are resources to be exploited, and that we’re all essentially interchangeable. Referring to them as people is too… I dunno… likely to humanize them I suppose. And being exhorted to “innovate” and “transform”, when we’re so constrained by slim budgets, business needs, legacy systems and ancient hardware that it’s a huge effort just to find out where there might be a hole in the box just so we can manage to think outside of it a little tiny bit, much less actually do something with it. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/129 "2016-03-18T19:12:15Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > pretty much any “click-bait” headline. you know, things like: > > - "You’ve been doing (_x_) all wrong! > - "Listen up, America, You Need to Embrace (_x_)! > - “The world was not ready for the gown she wore” > - “Obama (_does something_)” Celebrities you didn’t know were X! Celebrities I didn’t know were celebrities? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/130 "2016-03-18T22:06:55Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s absolutely an upper Midwest thing and has been there for ages. I’m in Chicago and it’s even been here since I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. Read about it [here.](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/everyones-a-linguist-more-on-coming-with/279596/) To me, it’s perfectly standard for my dialect and unobjectionable. If I want to be careful, I may switch to “come along,” but, speaking to anyone I know well, it’s “come with.” I grew up in Chicago in the 50s, and it was certainly common then. My husband grew up in the 40s, and he says it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/131 "2016-03-18T22:09:38Z")
“artisinal” ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/132 "2016-03-19T00:05:17Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > “artisinal” Artisanal\* (just remember: you can’t spell it without anal!), and who doesn’t love [artisanal frozen water](http://cimg.tvgcdn.net/i/2015/03/18/da37fe14-8794-4823-8ad3-3c0a3a5362da/ice1-cropped.jpg)? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/133 "2016-03-19T02:29:33Z")
ok…FTW…(for the win) (ha!..get it?) BOOM! seriously, though - isn’t that the fucking worst? a frat boy staple if ever there was one ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/134 "2016-03-19T22:36:53Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Artisanal\* (just remember: you can’t spell it without anal!), and who doesn’t love [artisanal frozen water](http://cimg.tvgcdn.net/i/2015/03/18/da37fe14-8794-4823-8ad3-3c0a3a5362da/ice1-cropped.jpg)? And while we’re at it, “clean eating”. Raccoons do that! 😛 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/135 "2016-03-19T23:55:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s absolutely an upper Midwest thing and has been there for ages. I’m in Chicago and it’s even been here since I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. Read about it [here.](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/everyones-a-linguist-more-on-coming-with/279596/) To me, it’s perfectly standard for my dialect and unobjectionable. If I want to be careful, I may switch to “come along,” but, speaking to anyone I know well, it’s “come with.” I’m from central Indiana where “come with” is not used. My sister has been living as a Region Rat for the last 44 years, and I want to correct her every time she says that! ---
**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:** [March 20, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/136 "2016-03-20T00:16:45Z")
> [@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”. Just sayin’… it’s not in your wheelhouse. Or mine, either. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/137 "2016-03-20T12:45:59Z")
**"Trendy buzzwords that you wish you could just blow up into smithereens"** “Trendy” and “buzzword”. _spits purposefully on the floor_ Also, “whatever- **gate** ” for scandals, was this ever witty, amusing or original? Perhaps once, a decade or two ago; but today this needs to die. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/138 "2016-03-20T14:04:49Z")
Hack/hacking. Folding your socks in a neato way is not a “hack”. > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > “Scrum”, “sprint”, “agile” and other jargon related to the trendy development style de jure. Jesus, this. The PM I’m working with actually pretended to not know what I meant when I said that I needed to add a “task” to the Kanban board. “What? Task? Do you mean story?” No, asshole. A story is what you tell your kid at bedtime. A task is a bit of work I do at the office. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And while we’re at it, “clean eating”. That phrase makes me want to stab everyone in the vicinity. And that new Panera commercial where they talk about their “…and \*clean \*and _real_…” food? Fuck you, you pretentious twats. It’s soup, salads, noodles, and sandwiches, FFS. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/139 "2016-03-20T15:01:53Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > “Trendy” and “buzzword”. > > _spits purposefully on the floor_ lol _overused catchephrases_, then? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223/140 "2016-03-20T15:13:06Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Hack/hacking. > > Folding your socks in a neato way is not a “hack”. Yes! (Others in your post are also commendable) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223.md?page=8)