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.
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.
Bucking a rising fashion, however, I am all in favor of the word “cromulent”.
How about “logistics”? That’s pretty annoying. What logistics should I repurpose (another annoying word) to deliver my foot to your ass?
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.
Or just “a score” or “four score”, etc. As in “three score and six posts above . . .”
Thank you for sharing that with me.
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Well of course; used properly, it’s like a scalpel excising a tumor. But people use it for every damn thing.
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.
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.
“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.
Actually, it’s a score of years (drat, ninjaed). And 20 years means exactly 20 years, 2 decades does not.
Just sayin’.
I wish people would use “begs the question” to mean “predicates an argument upon itself,” and not, “raises a topic for discussion.”
A whole nother anything.
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.
What does that even mean? Yes, I do realise I’m showing my age.
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?
“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.