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Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (1 Viewer)

These two sentences are from a single email I received today:

"With the strengthened focus on visualization and new tools, an ask was made of management to identify people on their teams who could take on the role and:

Some asks from the analyst forum being worked on are a group email for the Data Team and maybe some office hours. "

So "ask" is now used to mean both "request" and "question"? This email made me want to punch this lady in the iThroat. I think this just sounds completely ignorant and is a basic butchering of the English language.

 
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DallasDMac said:
These two sentences are from a single email I received today:

"With the strengthened focus on visualization and new tools, an ask was made of management to identify people on their teams who could take on the role and:

Some asks from the analyst forum being worked on are a group email for the Data Team and maybe some office hours. "

So "ask" is now used to mean both "request" and "question"? This email made me want to punch this lady in the iThroat. I think this just sounds completely ignorant and is a basic butchering of the English language.
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There is one guy I work with that uses it all the time.  I am trying to come up with a way to address it without sounding confrontational.

 
shuke said:
There is one guy I work with that uses it all the time.  I am trying to come up with a way to address it without sounding confrontational.
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Does that same guy also like to call powerpoint presentations "decks"?  

Way too many people hear a few $5 dollar consultant-speak words and try to throw them around to appear smart.  It never works.  

 
I overheard our meter reader's safety conference call the other day and their mid-level boss used the phrase "level set" 11 times in five minutes. I was shuked.

 
wife watches Criminal Minds

during a scene, at a singles mixer in a quiet bar, one of the characters said "this place is lit"

i think that's the end of that, then

 
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mr. furley said:
wife watches Criminal Minds

during a scene, at a singles mixer in a quiet bar, one of the characters said "this place is lit"

i think that's the end of that, then




 
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I still enjoy fake football and listen to several podcasts.  "Lit" is one of several phrases repeated heavily that make me want to barf.  

 
This is more grammar Nazi but..

If you're making reference to something you're alluding to it, you're not eluding to it.

If you're trying to escape something, then you're attempting to elude it.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
This is more grammar Nazi but..

If you're making reference to something you're alluding to it, you're not eluding to it.

If you're trying to escape something, then you're attempting to elude it.
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You want grammar Nazi?  I hate it when people say, "mixing together".  As opposed to mixing apart?  Same for gather together.  Ghah.

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
You want grammar Nazi?  I hate it when people say, "mixing together".  As opposed to mixing apart?  Same for gather together.  Ghah.
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Well, you could partially mix things, making the whole therefore "non-homogenous" and thus not actually "together."

A group that's milling around could gather in multiple smaller groups and not be "together."

 
Also, I think I've pointed this out before, but I keep seeing it everywhere. The opposite of accidentally is not purposefully. It's purposely.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Need some enlightenment here.  My 13 year old started saying this over the weekend, but I couldn't tell from context what it was supposed to mean.
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it has been around for a long time but recently (the last year??) has blown up in popularity. i see it all over the sneaker community. seems to be big on reddit.

 
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