Phrases, saying and words that you hate.

[Crowbob]

Absolutely! At the end of the day, let me be clear and make no mistake, everybody gets thrown under the bus.

[Baz]

"Touchy feely"

[sc_rufctr]

Not hate but annoying... "Having said that"

[p911dad]

"absolutely"

[widgeon13]

any phrase repeated more than a couple of times in a brief conversation.

Like "you know"!!!

[Chocaholic]

Any statement that starts with "as I said"...

That means you're repeating yourself for no ones benefit but your own.

[Crowbob]

Awesome!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by Drbraunsr

Think outside the box --- must be the #1 overused phrase over the last 20 years.
I had a hard time typing the words.

Agee. It's become so cliche it's actually INSIDE the proverbial box which adds a hilarious irony of sorts.

I pretty much can't stand all corporate speak:

"can I get a status update"
(Just ask "so where the fk are my drawings")

"Let me circle back with you"
(Umm no. Unless you're talking about a circle jerk and even then I'm not interested, maybe with your wife and 20-something daughter though. Just say "ok I'll check back with you next week")

"Irregardless"
(You know, REGARDLESS of whatever you're saying, you're still an idiot.)

"Multitask it"
(In other words, "can you lower the quality of everything else you're working on, add to stop / start inefficiency in production and make your life difficult to accommodate MY problem, which I created")

"Prioritize"
(Yep, I'll put it right up there with the other 50 things that you've asked me to "prioritize" in the last two days. Here's a hint: when everything I'm working on has to be "prioritized", nothing is - so why doncha just put it on the pile there sparky)

"Deadline"
(I've always hated this word. It's stupid and totally misused. A "deadline" to me is a line of dead people in a morgue or at a crime scene, or a line that if you cross you get shot - like the "restricted area" line around Hangar 18. If we miss a "deadline", nobody dies - the client loses some money. I think we all realize that's bad but let's not embellish things. Perspective time: when I used to fly airplanes for a living there were things that had to happen at certain times or you'd crash and die. Not so here, however if we rush things and a building collapses THEN people could die, so let's focus on quality rather than how quickly we can push stuff out the door, mmkay? Just say "the completion target date is 'X'". We get it.)

"10,000 foot view"
(I'm a pilot. I know what schite looks like from 10,000 feet. About the same as from 2,000 feet or 15,000 feet. just say "big picture perspective". That's fine.)

"Drill down"
(Unless you're talking about me drilling the aforementioned wife and 20-something daughter again after work in my boom-boom van in the parking lot, just say "looking at the details" or "when you look at this more closely")

I'll think of a few others I'm sure. Need to go have my morning coffee.

[ckelly78z]

"Just saying" and a few phrases that the kids are saying like "whatevs" and "MEH" that justify thier flippant behavior.

[A930Rocket]

Transparency

[zelrik911]

We just spent 2 very pleasant months in US.

However, the phrase that that I never want to hear again is: "Oh my gawd".

Apart from expressing surprise, that phrase could pop up in just about every sentence about anything.

[herr_oberst]

tha' shizzle

chillax

[Baz]

Originally Posted by zelrik911

We just spent 2 very pleasant months in US.

However, the phrase that that I never want to hear again is: "Oh my gawd".

Apart from expressing surprise, that phrase could pop up in just about every sentence about anything.

[black73]

Moving forward, my favorite phrase to hate will be "gone missing".

[1990C4S]

"The art of the possible".

It does not take anything 'artistic' for me to imagine the speaker is a douche.

A coworker uses this phrase regularly, and not to refer to to some brilliant new idea, it's used when we just have to do our fu&%ing jobs.

[gorthar]

"Solutions" in place of "service".

...and also, how do you "rock" clothing?

[stealthn]

"My bad"
Makes me want to punch people in the throat

[wildthing]

"At the end of the day...", it is 11:59PM.

I don't hate this but I am a bit annoyed: using "Awesome" to describe anything less than stellar. To stand in "awe", to be "awestruck", one has to have experienced something spectacular. But of course, I didn't grow up here so maybe I am only used to the literal meaning.

[ossiblue]

"ramp up"

"build down"

[peppy]

Sometimes bad things happen to good people. (not even remotely comforting)

Yeah