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

Mrs. Rannous said:
BobbyLayne said:
WORDS AND PHRASES TO LEAVE BEHIND IN 2022

Strenuously object to trying to ban exegesis. Ditto for eisegesis.
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She doesn't know "risible"? I question whether or not she knows much of anything. Many of her objections are just normal words.
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Twenty years Gawker had talented writers like Liz Spiers, who would go on to be a regular contributor to Fortune, the NYT & other name brand pubs. These days they rely on unemployed free lancers.

edit - I’m sure there are great unemployed freelancers out there but Gawker declined. Sharply.
 
Snoopy said:
www.npr.org

An inflection point for GOATs: Please quiet quit these 'banished words' moving forward

In their annual "Banished Words" list, the faculty of Lake Superior State University also suggest removing from your vocabulary overused phrases like "does that make sense?" and "it is what it is."
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  1. GOAT
  2. Inflection point
  3. Quiet quitting
  4. Gaslighting
  5. Moving forward
  6. Amazing
  7. Does that make sense?
  8. Irregardless
  9. Absolutely
  10. It is what it is
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No chance I'm removing "Does that make sense?" - to me it's a nice way of saying "Do you understand?" and with the amount of offshore folks (read - not native English speakers) I deal with I need to ask that occasionally.
 
AAABatteries said:
Snoopy said:
www.npr.org

An inflection point for GOATs: Please quiet quit these 'banished words' moving forward

In their annual "Banished Words" list, the faculty of Lake Superior State University also suggest removing from your vocabulary overused phrases like "does that make sense?" and "it is what it is."
www.npr.org www.npr.org

  1. GOAT
  2. Inflection point
  3. Quiet quitting
  4. Gaslighting
  5. Moving forward
  6. Amazing
  7. Does that make sense?
  8. Irregardless
  9. Absolutely
  10. It is what it is
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No chance I'm removing "Does that make sense?" - to me it's a nice way of saying "Do you understand?" and with the amount of offshore folks (read - not native English speakers) I deal with I need to ask that occasionally.
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It's also more gracious because it implies the fault might be mine as the communicator vs yours as the listener/reader.
 
"medical professional"

Not in general, of course, but when used in a way to convey more authority than would be suggested by your actual title.
"I'm a medical professional, and I don't think..."
Look, you're obviously not a doctor, so stop trying to imply that you're on par with a doctor.
 
jhib said:
"medical professional"

Not in general, of course, but when used in a way to convey more authority than would be suggested by your actual title.
"I'm a medical professional, and I don't think..."
Look, you're obviously not a doctor, so stop trying to imply that you're on par with a doctor.
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As an internet message board professional for 20 years, here’s five phrases I think need to be retired immediately…..
 
"I'm of a mind that..."

Stop pretending you're a professor leaning back and rocking a bit in a chair while taking a puff on your pipe. You're not.
Just say "I think" and get to the point.
 
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jhib said:
"medical professional"

Not in general, of course, but when used in a way to convey more authority than would be suggested by your actual title.
"I'm a medical professional, and I don't think..."
Look, you're obviously not a doctor, so stop trying to imply that you're on par with a doctor.
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The correct term is healthcare provider, to encompass doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The latter two can also collectively be called advance-practice providers, to distinguish them from physicians. APP is preferred over older terms like mid-level provider and physician extender, which imply physicians are somehow superior in their training/clinical expertise.
 
CletiusMaximus said:
“It’s a feature, not a bug.“
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This is good though. I encounter people all the time who come up and breathlessly complain to me about some "unintended side effect" of some policy that is making their life more difficult somehow, and I realize that the thing they're complaining about is one of the reasons why that policy was implemented in the first place. This useful shorthand for that phenomenon that makes it easy to remember, much like "No True Scotsman" and "Motte and Bailey."

Example: A department chair wants to approach a friend of the university and ask them for a $10,000 gift to support an on-campus conference or something. Our Foundation people get wind of this and tell them no, you are not to ask that person for money under any circumstances unless we are in the room with you. Chairs complain about this all the time, because they think our development officers are standing between them and donors. And it's like, uh, yes. That's the whole ####ing point. We don't want you asking somebody for a $10,000 gift if the president is grooming that person for a $10,000,000 gift. Your hands being tied is a feature, not a bug.
 
IvanKaramazov said:
CletiusMaximus said:
“It’s a feature, not a bug.“
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This is good though. I encounter people all the time who come up and breathlessly complain to me about some "unintended side effect" of some policy that is making their life more difficult somehow, and I realize that the thing they're complaining about is one of the reasons why that policy was implemented in the first place. This useful shorthand for that phenomenon that makes it easy to remember, much like "No True Scotsman" and "Motte and Bailey."

Example: A department chair wants to approach a friend of the university and ask them for a $10,000 gift to support an on-campus conference or something. Our Foundation people get wind of this and tell them no, you are not to ask that person for money under any circumstances unless we are in the room with you. Chairs complain about this all the time, because they think our development officers are standing between them and donors. And it's like, uh, yes. That's the whole ####ing point. We don't want you asking somebody for a $10,000 gift if the president is grooming that person for a $10,000,000 gift. Your hands being tied is a feature, not a bug.
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I don't disagree, but most cliches or trendy phrases have some core truth or value to them. That value is lost in overuse. I read this one so often online, its become a generic criticism of any concept the speaker disagrees with, so has lost any value. I can't use the words "literally" or "amazing" anymore for the same reasons. When it becomes perfectly normal to describe your breakfast cereal as "amazing" the word has no meaning.
 
CletiusMaximus said:
IvanKaramazov said:
CletiusMaximus said:
“It’s a feature, not a bug.“
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This is good though. I encounter people all the time who come up and breathlessly complain to me about some "unintended side effect" of some policy that is making their life more difficult somehow, and I realize that the thing they're complaining about is one of the reasons why that policy was implemented in the first place. This useful shorthand for that phenomenon that makes it easy to remember, much like "No True Scotsman" and "Motte and Bailey."

Example: A department chair wants to approach a friend of the university and ask them for a $10,000 gift to support an on-campus conference or something. Our Foundation people get wind of this and tell them no, you are not to ask that person for money under any circumstances unless we are in the room with you. Chairs complain about this all the time, because they think our development officers are standing between them and donors. And it's like, uh, yes. That's the whole ####ing point. We don't want you asking somebody for a $10,000 gift if the president is grooming that person for a $10,000,000 gift. Your hands being tied is a feature, not a bug.
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I don't disagree, but most cliches or trendy phrases have some core truth or value to them. That value is lost in overuse. I read this one so often online, its become a generic criticism of any concept the speaker disagrees with, so has lost any value. I can't use the words "literally" or "amazing" anymore for the same reasons. When it becomes perfectly normal to describe your breakfast cereal as "amazing" the word has no meaning.
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I avoid cliches like the plague
 
CletiusMaximus said:
IvanKaramazov said:
CletiusMaximus said:
“It’s a feature, not a bug.“
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This is good though. I encounter people all the time who come up and breathlessly complain to me about some "unintended side effect" of some policy that is making their life more difficult somehow, and I realize that the thing they're complaining about is one of the reasons why that policy was implemented in the first place. This useful shorthand for that phenomenon that makes it easy to remember, much like "No True Scotsman" and "Motte and Bailey."

Example: A department chair wants to approach a friend of the university and ask them for a $10,000 gift to support an on-campus conference or something. Our Foundation people get wind of this and tell them no, you are not to ask that person for money under any circumstances unless we are in the room with you. Chairs complain about this all the time, because they think our development officers are standing between them and donors. And it's like, uh, yes. That's the whole ####ing point. We don't want you asking somebody for a $10,000 gift if the president is grooming that person for a $10,000,000 gift. Your hands being tied is a feature, not a bug.
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I don't disagree, but most cliches or trendy phrases have some core truth or value to them. That value is lost in overuse. I read this one so often online, its become a generic criticism of any concept the speaker disagrees with, so has lost any value. I can't use the words "literally" or "amazing" anymore for the same reasons. When it becomes perfectly normal to describe your breakfast cereal as "amazing" the word has no meaning.
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Got it. I strongly agree with you regarding "amazing." That word is nails-on-a-chalkboard for me in certain contexts. Don't just tell me this show is "amazing" -- tell me why.
 
CletiusMaximus said:
IvanKaramazov said:
CletiusMaximus said:
“It’s a feature, not a bug.“
Click to expand...
This is good though. I encounter people all the time who come up and breathlessly complain to me about some "unintended side effect" of some policy that is making their life more difficult somehow, and I realize that the thing they're complaining about is one of the reasons why that policy was implemented in the first place. This useful shorthand for that phenomenon that makes it easy to remember, much like "No True Scotsman" and "Motte and Bailey."

Example: A department chair wants to approach a friend of the university and ask them for a $10,000 gift to support an on-campus conference or something. Our Foundation people get wind of this and tell them no, you are not to ask that person for money under any circumstances unless we are in the room with you. Chairs complain about this all the time, because they think our development officers are standing between them and donors. And it's like, uh, yes. That's the whole ####ing point. We don't want you asking somebody for a $10,000 gift if the president is grooming that person for a $10,000,000 gift. Your hands being tied is a feature, not a bug.
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I don't disagree, but most cliches or trendy phrases have some core truth or value to them. That value is lost in overuse. I read this one so often online, its become a generic criticism of any concept the speaker disagrees with, so has lost any value. I can't use the words "literally" or "amazing" anymore for the same reasons. When it becomes perfectly normal to describe your breakfast cereal as "amazing" the word has no meaning.
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Boy you're not wrong with the overuse of words like "amazing" and "literally". I've noticed this over the years and it just grates on me when I hear somebody say it because it reeks of insecurity but parents - mostly moms but not always - use "amazing" when talking about their kids. For example, there's two moms in our town that want to ban books. Town hall meeting, each one gets up to the mic and says "Hi, I'm Dorothy Dinosaur from Odgenvile and I'm the mom of two amazing kids". Like, no you're not. Your kid eats paste and can't kick a soccer ball.

My sister constantly did that on social media, in person, etc. "Hi, I'm Sister Malaise, mom of two AMAZING kids....." - uh, no. You're 19 year old quit his only job he ever held after a month because he couldn't touch lettuce at the Safeway Deli and he's never even tried to drive a car. Your other kid plays video games 23 hours a day and has the skin color of an albino vampire.

I much prefer "Hi, I'm General Malaise, I have 5 kids, 3 that I like, 1 that needs anger management and 1 who would probably kill me in my sleep if they ever learned about my term life insurance policy." Just be real. Be funny. Not every f'n kid is amazing. Some suck. Be honest.
 
I didn't scroll through 122 pages but my current nails on a chalkboard phrase is "top of mind". Has been for a few years as a matter of fact.
 
"The thing of it is, is.............."
After those useless words the radio or TV sportscaster begins to state her/his opinion or information.
"The thing of it, is, is that I'm using words to stall for time and fill air space while I try to form a coherent thought on a topic I haven't thought about" would be more honest.

Just pause, get a thought together, and then say it.

Chris Russell, in DC on The Team 980 is a big offender. His "needs to talk" score is 100. His "has something to say" score is 60.
 
fatness said:
"The thing of it is, is.............."
After those useless words the radio or TV sportscaster begins to state her/his opinion or information.
"The thing of it, is, is that I'm using words to stall for time and fill air space while I try to form a coherent thought on a topic I haven't thought about" would be more honest.

Just pause, get a thought together, and then say it.

Chris Russell, in DC on The Team 980 is a big offender. His "needs to talk" score is 100. His "has something to say" score is 60.
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Sounds like a drinking game.
 
Mrs. Rannous said:
fatness said:
"The thing of it is, is.............."
After those useless words the radio or TV sportscaster begins to state her/his opinion or information.
"The thing of it, is, is that I'm using words to stall for time and fill air space while I try to form a coherent thought on a topic I haven't thought about" would be more honest.

Just pause, get a thought together, and then say it.

Chris Russell, in DC on The Team 980 is a big offender. His "needs to talk" score is 100. His "has something to say" score is 60.
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Sounds like a drinking game.
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The thing of it is, is how much booze do you have? This could go on all day and night. It could you know and it just might.
 
People that end a sentence with, “go with”, instead of “go with me”, or ” go with Mary”, or whoever. I don’t believe you’re supposed to end a sentence with a preposition.
 
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massraider said:
AAABatteries said:
Dogfooding

Was on a call with a team from Microsoft and this lady used the term like 8 times. I wanted to blow my brains out.
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Was this a Zoom? I couldn't do it. I would need to keep my camera off, because the frown/rolled eyes/nose krinkle would happen too fast for me to control.
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Teams call. Thankfully had my camera off because the first time she said it I probably looked like I smelled a rancid fart. I couldn’t take much of what she said seriously after that.
 
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