"Reach out"
When said in a business context fills me with a very troubling amount of rage- specifically, "I just wanted to reach out to you..." "I think you should reach out to Karen in marketing..." "They said you wanted to reach out to me..."

It's always said with a sticky false-sweetness, esp. by females and/or arsey managers attempting to sound considerate/approachable, without actually having to *be* considerate/approachable. I even caught myself using it last week; I died a little inside.
(aliveinabox, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 17:44, 4 replies)

hey now...
Don't just stick it on us "females," (which always makes me think of puppy-mill breeders and/or cops/pigs referring to all WOMEN as "females" in EVERY context), there's an assload of suit-slab MALES out there who do this phony shit every bit as annoyingly.
(AnntichristSCoulter, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 22:19, closed)

four tops
Clearly such abuse of the English language calls for a song and dance routine in reply

~ I'll be there with a love that will shelter you ~
~ I'll be there with a love that will see you through ~

(At least whistle it anyway)
(Simian Typewriter Supplies Pty. Ltd. is house hunting in the neighborhood of infinity, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 0:30, closed)

Sorry
I'm a lady too, though. In the bank where I worked the women who said that used it in place of anything more assertive. "Reaching out" seems so gentle and harmless and, well, passive- like they were either trying to put on a facade of kindness or be somehow "non-threatening". It just got to me, how transparently false they were being. The men didn't use that phrase so much (though in that bank, there weren't many men with whom I had to interact).

And thanks for the song. It made things much better.
(aliveinabox, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 1:31, closed)

This is also a term used by consultants at Accenture. Cnuts.
(Snapper-head loves a twinky anytime but especially when it's, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 2:20, closed)