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Words & Phrases I'm Tired Of Hearing

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lawman

8:27 pm on Sep 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

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robust
empower
take it to the next level
it begs the question (almost always misused)
rocket science
size does matter
cutting/leading edge
embedded
be safe
paradigm
segue
tip of the iceberg ;)

cminblues

12:09 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"mission"
used in a not-english talking, meeting, presentation etc

Hmmm.. in english too, most of time

mcavill

12:28 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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singing off the same hymn sheet (acceptable if you’re a member of clergy)

ShawnR

12:57 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Have you seen this business buzzword generator below. Take one term from each column and create your own business jargon. For example, the three terms in italics below give: strategic partnering alliance.



Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
strategic cost-based core competency
interactive logistical Alliance
responsive discretionary re-engineering
reciprocal empowering Values
customer-oriented visionary Benchmark
functional partnering Paradigm

dmorison

1:06 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Anyone working in big office must have come across "******** Bingo". Google's heard of it - plenty of game cards to print out and play on...!

[edited by: lawman at 1:11 pm (utc) on Sep. 17, 2003]
[edit reason] edit camo word [/edit]

Rugles

1:34 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I cringe when I hear empower or synergy also.

I also dislike:

pro-active
family values (or family anything)

The worst one of all.....

"we are out of beer".

keeper

1:37 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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meeting speak:
- we're all on the same page
- wanting to cover off on something

pay review speak:
- due to budgetary restraints...

ritualcoffee

1:48 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"interlock"

"ping him" - expecially when it is a person that has never "pinged" anything and has no idea where that came from.

msgraph

1:58 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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ROI

nancyb

2:03 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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try to wrap your head around this from ShawnR's buzzword list

reciprocal discretionary alliance ;)

I actually know someone who would probably use such mumbo jumbo.

And, hey, we forgot acronymns! They seem to proliferate like bunnies in certain circles.

The above could become RDA, as in "let's do lunch with Bob and set up an RDA"

mfishy

6:50 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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last call

Macguru

6:59 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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>>Words & Phrases I'm Tired Of Hearing

You are under arrest.

:)

fisherman

7:27 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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This page has tendy jargon.
[vikarsrant.net...]

Lilliabeth

8:43 pm on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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My favorite acronym:
PCMCIA

People Can't Memorize Computer-Industry Acronyms

werty

4:19 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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These get to me: Moving foward, value added and touch base.

juniperwasting

4:28 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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If you're not the lead dog, you're not providing a customer-centric proactive solution.


Bowman: Does incomprehensibility come naturally to you?

Lingua: I wasn't wired that way, but it became mission-critical as I strategically focused on my go-forward plan.

TFF

linkshark

4:58 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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TOS

;-)

hooloovoo22

5:16 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"Per our converstation"...Does anybody really talk like that?

ROI
CRM
ERP
Due Dilligence
Good Morning - ugh hate em
What's for dinner
outsource
so what is it you do exactly?

diggle

5:29 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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That's what I love about this energising forum - the Wow! Factor.
How good is this thread?
I could read it 24\7.
Enjoy...
Let's all run it up the flagpole and salute it.
I'm so not bored with it.
Later.
Ciao.

chewy

5:17 am on Sep 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"out of pocket"...

I <almost> can't help cracking up when I hear that one!

And "ping" is such a good one. Much better than "finger".

oh yeah, how about "got-cha".

I like hearing it, but I'm now hearing it WAY too much.

C.

Reflection

11:55 pm on Sep 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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On internet forums seeing someone use the word 'pseudo' or 'uber' gets under my skin.

rtroxel

1:00 pm on Sep 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Microsoft's favorite:

"Seamlessly integrate"

henry0

8:51 pm on Sep 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hmmmmm
seems that "as we move forward" is missing :)

ShawnR

11:30 pm on Sep 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

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IMHO (Normally there is nothing humble about the rest of the sentence)

storevalley

12:07 am on Sep 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

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chronic clue-deprivation

ROFL! Can just picture the look on the face of somebody suffering from this :)

mipapage

5:03 pm on Sep 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

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IMHO

I always thought that was 'honest opinion'?

Liane

9:05 pm on Sep 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"Chomping at the bit" ... Its "champing at the bit"! It refers to horses and the word is champing NOT chomping!

"Irregardless". :( Oh, its just nauseating. Go back to school!

"Ergonomic". A greatly overused and abused word which has become the pop culture description for almost anything. Lord, I've even seen it used in an advertisement for a child's potty!

"You are sooooo ....". It was cute when it first started, but now all the kids I teach to sail use it in every other sentence. "You are sooooo NOT going to beat me" ... and so on.

"People skills" bugs me too. Its an annoying phrase. A person may interact well or poorly or get along well or poorly or work well or poorly with others ... but this business of saying, "His people skills are laking" is ludicrous. Bunch of namby pamby, generation X, mumbo jumbo!

Tell the S.O.B. the truth! You suck! Nobody likes you and you piss everyone off. Now shape up or ship out!

"User friendly". Was there something wrong with "easy to use"? Is a machine or a device going to become my friend now? Will it buy me a drink?

There was one word (used by a friend the other day and which I can't recall at the moment) ... but it stopped me dead in my tracks and the hair on the back of my neck bristled. Darn it, it was a good one too. I'll think of it later. :)

Its my birthday (don't ask which) ... so running out to meet friends for dinner.

mcavill

9:47 pm on Sep 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

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happy birthday...

i've posted this to another thread and i feel like an old git, but another one : "we won't exchange links with you at the moment" - my response is: "you di*khead it's PR4 and going to be alot more - gimme a link!" - i need to refine my response a bit but i think that covers the fundamentals!

<added>
probably better for foo: I've just got a wireless mouse - everyone should have one - i hate wires! - please recommend a cheap TFT sceen!</added>

Lilliabeth

11:32 pm on Sep 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

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OK, maybe this really doesn't fit this thread, but it's foo, so I am sure y'all will give me a break.
I saw this bumper sticker and wanted to share:

Jesus Loves You
Everyone Else Thinks You're an A**hole

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