What's a buzzword you love to hate?

[Bobqzz]

We are efforting that presently.

Can I plate that for you?

True story. I tried one of those meal services that sends all pre-measured ingredients and instructions. Got to the end and it said "plate the burrito(or whatever it was)" and I was "wtf does that mean?" Had to ask my wife.
We no longer use that service

[rwsaunders]

We are going to need to mine big data if our omnichannel experience is truly going to be customer-centric.

[e-RICHIE]

Has anyone mentioned the word gravel?

I hate how so many in my trade have - and here’s another word - appropriated it.

[Chik]

True story. I tried one of those meal services that sends all pre-measured ingredients and instructions. Got to the end and it said "plate the burrito(or whatever it was)" and I was "wtf does that mean?" Had to ask my wife.
We no longer use that service

So, I'm guessing they were't talking about a vermeil burrito? :)

[ron l edmiston]

--- search n' destroy...

ronnie

[Matthew Strongin]

One of my favorites is the use of tactical in a negative sense. Like, "Bob is too tactical when solutioning business opportunities; he should be more strategic."

It's as if the entire business world forgot what tactical means and instead thinks that strategy is a good approach to problem solving and tactical is a bad approach to problem solving.

Also, opportunity used in place of problem. Being negative is so frowned upon that we've created euphemisms for all negative terms, which in turn makes a bunch of positive words sound bad.

My personal shame is that I have to use all these words at work (in certain settings) so that people understand what I'm communicating. It makes me sad.

[e-RICHIE]

My personal shame is that I have to use all these words at work (in certain settings) so that people understand what I'm communicating. It makes me sad.

Senator. We're both part of the same hypocrisy...but never think it applies to my family.

[Corso]

I don't think this qualifies as a buzzword, but it drive me crazy to have a conversation with a young person who interjects ----

like


Like, after every 4th word like, that comes out of their like, mouth.

[hampco]

Webinar

[NYCfixie]

I don't think this qualifies as a buzzword, but it drive me crazy to have a conversation with a young person who interjects ----

like

Like, after every 4th word like, that comes out of their like, mouth.

You mean like this.

Start at 3:11

[al415]

If it’s acceptable to have issues with phrases:

Warrior-Mindset

[Mark Walberg]

"most importantly" instead of "most important" The "-ly" takes some of the power out of the words.

Also, I'm tired of hearing the most overused word during interviews on the radio, "Absolutely!"

[bcm119]

Not so much a corporate word, but 'amazing' is used so often that we're going to need a new word for things that actually are amazing.

[stackie]

This falls under the evening of nouns. “Voiced”. Complete nurse speak. “The patient voiced that their finger hurts”.

And the response to any question, “I’m good”. My response is usually something like, “Well you’re awfully complementary to yourself today, aren’t you?”

I’m sure I can think of more.

[Shinomaster]

"Curate" is one of mine. It's a fabulous word for the talentless, dumbed down, hype-without-substance, shallow generation.

Everyone's a Curator Now

Ha that was a good read, I find this interesting as I went to art school and thought of being a museum curator. I just curated a new show of Hamada Shoji pottery on my mantle fwiw... I find the word "sinage" and the expression "touching base" repellent.

[kpomtb]

The last few months (after some significant restructuring) the one I'm most tired of is "pain point".

[Matthew Strongin]

Vector. But used to mean factor.

[ron l edmiston]

-- latrine...

ronnie

[Shinomaster]

verbage

[megapope]

re: gravel

the worst thing is when a buzzword comes to define something once it bounces back and then sucks all the elegance or subtlety out of it. before it bounced back recently one bought a single or album to play on a record player or a turntable, now you buy a vinyl to play on your vinyl player.

similarly, one no longer rides fire roads/backroads/logging trails/towpaths/etc. on one's all-terrain/cyclocross/offroad touring/reasonably clearanced road bike, one rides gravel on a gravel bike. now with gravel swallowing up all the nuance that used to exist we've got to come up with new buzzwords like road plus, allroad, groad, adventure, tracklocross... none of which really imply anything about where or how or for what purpose one rides, of course.