# Words/expressions I want to be eliminated from usage RIGHT NOW TODAY ENOUGH ALREADY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609 "2014-09-05T20:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/61 "2014-09-06T02:45:47Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Wow, are you going to hate the Lego movie!🙂 > > _Synergy_. How about I synergize my foot up your ass? Synergy: Awww, that’s just run-of-the-mill corporate-speak. **ALL** corporate-speak is alien-speak and should be banished back to the Planet Of The Idiots where it came from, and where it belongs. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/62 "2014-09-06T02:46:13Z")
I hate the proliferation of Internet lists titled “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ you didn’t know”, followed closely by the similar “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ you won’t believe”. You won’t believe what I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/63 "2014-09-06T02:47:18Z")
Bucking a rising fashion, however, I am all in favor of the word “cromulent”. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/64 "2014-09-06T02:48:45Z")
How about “logistics”? That’s pretty annoying. What logistics should I repurpose (another annoying word) to deliver my foot to your ass? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/65 "2014-09-06T02:51:18Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > “Already” at the end of a command for emphasis. This may have a place, actually. It’s not just for emphasis – it adds a sense of impatience, suggesting that whatever-it-is is being delayed or is otherwise taking too long. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/66 "2014-09-06T02:53:29Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > What’s wrong with 631,152,000 seconds? Or just “a score” or “four score”, etc. As in “three score and six posts above . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/67 "2014-09-06T02:57:44Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I’d just like to share that I am really tired of people sharing with me. This one has been around a long long time (long long long) but it’s still happening. DON’T SHARE! Thank you for sharing that with me. \ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/68 "2014-09-06T03:09:40Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Now this one, I must wholeheartedly disagree with. When used correctly, it’s the perfect example of “damning with faint praise.” Like Miss Manners said, you should always try and find something nice to say about someone/something, and if the best thing you can say is IT EXISTS, well… how can you get more dismissive than that? (The key is that the phrase must be used correctly; **LSLGuy** gave an example of a thoroughly incorrect use.) Well of course; used properly, it’s like a scalpel excising a tumor. But people use it for every damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/69 "2014-09-06T03:13:56Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Synergy: Awww, that’s just run-of-the-mill corporate-speak. **ALL** corporate-speak is alien-speak and should be banished back to the Planet Of The Idiots where it came from, and where it belongs. Speaking of which, I have what I imagine most will feel is a wholly out-of-proportion loathing of the word “utilize” — which is frequently found in corporate mission statements (a phenomenon that ought to be banned outright anyway). Many have tried over the years to argue that there is a genuine distinction between the words, but no one has yet convinced me that “utilize” says something that “use” does not. Perhaps it does, but I’m afraid I’ve seen the word…er, used in too many of those mission statements in an attempt to sound classy. To me it just sounds pretentious and hackneyed. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/70 "2014-09-06T05:00:21Z")
Functionality. How does “its functionality” convey nuances that “its function” doesn’t? “Very unique.” :dubious: Either it’s one-of-a-kind, or it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Clarisse\_McClellan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Clarisse\_McClellan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarisse_McClellan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/71 "2014-09-06T05:17:46Z")
“Make no mistake” is the most pointless, ridiculous phrase to ever be uttered by those in positions of power giving lip service to some idea. I automatically tune out anyone who uses it. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/72 "2014-09-06T05:26:28Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Decade… 2 decades!! That is 20 years,can’t you say that?!? Actually, it’s a score of years (drat, ninjaed). And 20 years means exactly 20 years, 2 decades does not. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/73 "2014-09-06T06:16:35Z")
Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/74 "2014-09-06T06:26:38Z")
I wish people would use “begs the question” to mean “predicates an argument upon itself,” and not, “raises a topic for discussion.” ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/75 "2014-09-06T07:01:41Z")
A whole nother anything. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/76 "2014-09-06T08:23:27Z")
A woman who works for me has the incredibly annoying habit of speaking in “baby talk.” As in: “Them are so pretty!” “I need to go potty.” “I didn’t go beddie-bye until almost midnight last night.” “I wuv you!” (To her husband.) She’s otherwise a fairly mature and sensible person and this is clearly some sort of weird affectation but damn it gets on my nerves sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/77 "2014-09-06T08:30:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Then there are words like “baby-mamma” that I’ve only recently begun to use (ironically), but I’ll stop if everyone else stops. What does that even mean? Yes, I do realise I’m showing my age. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/78 "2014-09-06T08:41:19Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > What does that even mean? Yes, I do realise I’m showing my age. [Baby-mama.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_mama) Usually a perjorative term. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/79 "2014-09-06T09:07:25Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > [Baby-mama.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_mama) > > Usually a perjorative term. That’s just stupid. I’m know I’m thinking a bit too concrete but a mother is a mother (or mama, if you\* prefer) regardless of marital status. - Not YOU, you. I’ve thought of another expression which bugs me and I’m not sure why it does: “date night”. If you’re going out to dinner with your husband ( **not** hubby - that’s another which drives me nuts), you’re going out to dinner with your husband. Why the need to cutesify it? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/80 "2014-09-06T10:27:53Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > “It’s not in our wheelhouse”. “Not in my bailiwick” “Not on my watch” “Not within the scope of my purview” All make you sound like a navy hardass or William F Buckley wannabe, but basically you’re groping for a way to say the proscribed word “no” in a corporate environment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=5)