What's a buzzword you love to hate?

[Chik]

I wonder how far back on this thread I n ex to go to find someone else who hates:

Bespoke
Curated
Artisanal

I don't recall any of them being mentioned, but curated is a good one, the use of which makes one look like a bore.

Bespoke and artisanal / handmade have been abused and misused so much, sometimes deliberately, sometimes as a result of ignorance. It's probably inevitable in an increasingly dumbed down world, but it does make me sad.

[charliedid]

That's bizarre.

Yeah yeah...

It's possibly common in other locals but here it is not, so it comes across as contrived and forced. Robotic greetings/service from retail employees who received and follow the memo is killing us all.

It's good to know I am not alone: https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...sed-to-welcome

[Tom]

Well, better than them saying "Come inside" because you know what I have to say in response. Think Rocky Horror...

[Ras72]

Fresh off a conference call with a bunch new engineers...

...and I will be enforcing the mute button on the next m'fer that says 'granular level' on the next call.

[Chik]

Fresh off a conference call with a bunch new engineers...

...and I will be enforcing the mute button on the next m'fer that says 'granular level' on the next call.

You'll have to do a deep dive to get there!

[rwsaunders]

I edited the term “flesh out” five times from someone’s presentation draft this morning…I was really tempted to insert flesh eating bacteria on one of the slides, but I like the guy.

[rec head]

I understand what "flesh out" means but where the heck did that term come from? It sounds gross.

[monadnocky]

I have a particular, perhaps irrational hatred of phrases that add nothing whatsoever. I've already pointed out "going forward." Unless time travel is a thing, yep, that thing we're talking about doing is definitely going to take place in the future.

And recently I've been seeing a lot of "please advise" at the end of a question. "Would you like to meet on Wednesday at 2 or 3? Please advise."

Grrrrr..........

[nessism1]

"hack" (shortcut to some outcome)
"what should I expect" (if I do something)

[GeneK]

I have a particular, perhaps irrational hatred of phrases that add nothing whatsoever. I've already pointed out "going forward." Unless time travel is a thing, yep, that thing we're talking about doing is definitely going to take place in the future.

And recently I've been seeing a lot of "please advise" at the end of a question. "Would you like to meet on Wednesday at 2 or 3? Please advise."

Grrrrr..........

“Going forward” is odious.