Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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most of the stuff I hear in the office..."Touch base" - I'm sure to hear this a few times a day. Also "Can you action this?"
Honest to god, do people HAVE to talk like that? I'd prefer "Hi, how is *name* project going? The brief for the artwork was emailed out to you yesterday" rather than "Have you got a break in your schedule , I just want to touch base on this. It was actioned yesterday, I wanted to see if progress on this customer-centred visual."
I'm tempted to start adding on 2 days to the time it takes to complete a brief every time someone uses "management language".
One other annoying phrase; well, word, really, is "awesome".
I've caught myself saying this without thinking so many times over the last month, and it's pissing me off. If it's annoying me, it MUST be winding everyone else up, something rotten.
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theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:43,
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In the ski resort whistler they have two mountains, Blackcombe and whistler. Every morning when I was out there I went passed a poster that had a picture of both mountains with "Awesome2" written above them.
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BindiBaji, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:02,
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If you want to touch base with meYou're at least buying me a drink first!
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I kid you notI once worked with a guy who used "touchbase" as a verb e.g. "Yeah, I touchbased with him on that last week".
Mind you, this was the same guy who thought that our biggest supplier's promotional vehicle - their Drive Brand - was called their "Dry Band", so I'm not sure this represents any kind of trend (except his own trend towards fuckwittery)
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shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15,
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Arrrghh! That would be enough to push me over the edge...(
theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:34,
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I once met a woman who used "touch base" in almost every sentence, and I have been intolerant of the phrase ever since.
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