I throw up in my mouth a little when I come across "utilize". I also eschew using "solution" to mean "answer".
What else, colleagues?
Posted by tgl on 2008-07-28 23:31:56 +0000
Er, maybe we've done this too many times before. Hazelnut. Panties.
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-07-28 23:34:26 +0000
'Actually' is my recent biggie.
Posted by tgl on 2008-07-28 23:41:36 +0000
Really, really?
Posted by loxocele on 2008-07-29 05:37:49 +0000
oh, shit...i've been trying to break that habit.
so far my efforts are made of fail. :P
Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-07-29 12:08:15 +0000
"issues" instead of "problems"
Posted by Miriam on 2008-07-29 13:15:08 +0000
Seriously. Um, yeah.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-07-29 13:48:01 +0000
Not really extra or unecessary words as are other rsn posters in this thread, but lately I have not been feeling the recent marketing euphemism "Gas Sipping". Makes me want to end my TV in a fit of rage.
Posted by G lib on 2008-07-29 15:52:12 +0000
SHUT UP!!!!
Posted by G lib on 2008-07-29 16:00:23 +0000
"Discovery Tool" rather than "Library Catalog"
Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-07-29 16:13:41 +0000
"Knowledge Base" rather than "FAQ"
Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-07-29 16:17:50 +0000
Dongle. Horrible, horrible word!
Posted by MF DU on 2008-07-29 16:41:02 +0000
Wow. No argument there. I didn't even know that that was a word - but I already hate it.
Posted by jbcardinale on 2008-07-29 17:16:05 +0000
"How do you young people say it, 'chillax'"? I heard this on TV or in a movie, but I never heard anyone ACTUALLY use this non-word.
Posted by loxocele on 2008-07-29 22:09:11 +0000
NPR had a whole show on tonight about new business terms. while i kind of liked "multi-slacking," the rest of them were all abominably lame: things like "frazzing" (frantic, ineffective multi-tasking), and "on- and off-ramps for women" (because "sometimes they get stuck in traffic" trying to reenter the workforce after taking time off to have children).
ugh.
Posted by G lib on 2008-07-30 10:24:59 +0000
Never heard of it. What is it?
Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-07-30 10:30:42 +0000
I hear the word at least 10 times a day. Fortunately, I don't have to say it all that often.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-07-30 11:41:20 +0000
So, with apologies to George Lucas, is a 'dongle' the glorified restraining bolt that was placed on R2D2 to restrict his access to unauthorized users and keep him close by?
Posted by G lib on 2008-07-30 12:45:53 +0000
I'm so sorry, TFC. Hearing that word regularly would make me want to kill.
"I want to Kill"
"KILL"
"KILL!!!"
(reference, anyone, besides chippy?)
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-07-30 16:48:54 +0000
I'm not into 'paradigms'.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-07-31 11:34:28 +0000
10 years ago I liked 'paradigm', but In 2008, I have to agree with you.
Posted by tgl on 2008-07-31 18:11:24 +0000
Your p_______ shifted.
Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-08-01 00:01:55 +0000
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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-08-01 19:50:40 +0000
From my ma, and I have to agree: 'Orientate'.
Posted by tommy on 2008-08-04 11:21:43 +0000
'Leverage' as a verb.
'sync' as a verb is okay with me, but not if you say "sunk" for the past tense.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-08-04 12:44:38 +0000
An old boss of mine was an adherent of this verbal strayegy. Blech.