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Trendy Words I Do Not Like

Started by Cheerful, September 09, 2020, 02:57:02 PM

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marshwiggle

Anything ending in "-phobic" or "-ist".
It takes so little to be above average.

ab_grp

Solutioning and nosh, to start with.

Parasaurolophus

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Quote from: marshwiggle on September 09, 2020, 02:58:50 PM
Anything ending in "-phobic" or "-ist".

Arachnophobic? Scientist? Economist? Whist?


For my part, what springs to mind is mostly terms rather than words, strictly speaking:

Antifa
Metrics
Me too'ed
Deliverables
Cancel culture
Thought-leader
Political correctness

(As you can guess, it's misuse and co-optation that really bug me.)
I know it's a genus.

downer

What's the difference between trending words and trendy words?

Anyway, people's responses don't indicate they much care about how trendy the words are, since they just list words they don't like. (In no way is "reimagined" a trendy word. I don't know where it is trending, but nowhere I go.)

I don't like the word "trendy".

I also don't like the words "Trump" and "Zoom". They make me vomit.

According to this list, both "truth" and "progress" are trending. Welcome to the new enlightenment?
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."—Sinclair Lewis

dismalist

Mercy! Where to begin?

-impacted;
-in terms of;
-like;
-Right?
-leadership;
-advocate for;
-appeal against.

It will not end for a while.
That's not even wrong!
--Wolfgang Pauli

jimbogumbo

Quote from: dismalist on September 09, 2020, 03:49:40 PM
Mercy! Where to begin?

-impacted;
-in terms of;
-like;
-Right?
-leadership;
-advocate for;
-appeal against.

It will not end for a while.

Does it make a difference whether or not advocate is being used as a noun or a verb? Or do you hate that phrase universally?

dismalist

Quote from: jimbogumbo on September 09, 2020, 04:29:03 PM
Quote from: dismalist on September 09, 2020, 03:49:40 PM
Mercy! Where to begin?

-impacted;
-in terms of;
-like;
-Right?
-leadership;
-advocate for;
-appeal against.

It will not end for a while.

Does it make a difference whether or not advocate is being used as a noun or a verb? Or do you hate that phrase universally?

Now, now, no need to get pissy! :-)

The for adds nothing to I advocate [world peace]. Used to be that way. Don't know when the superfluous for became common usage.
That's not even wrong!
--Wolfgang Pauli

dismalist

Oh, and my biggest bugaboo:

Issues!

We got issues.
That's not even wrong!
--Wolfgang Pauli

sinenomine

"How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks...."

aside

Drill down.
Deep dive.
Reach out.
Leverage (as a verb).

mythbuster

Another vote for leverage as a verb. Now, lee-verage is first class!

dismalist

Oh, and share.

Deceased Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist, upon listening to oral argument, during which the arguer said: I'd like to share with you... , responded -- Instead of sharing with us, why don't you just tell us. :-)
That's not even wrong!
--Wolfgang Pauli

dismalist

Quote from: aside on September 09, 2020, 06:11:51 PM
Drill down.
Deep dive.
Reach out.
Leverage (as a verb).

I'm reaching out so that we can drill down and do a deep dive and leverage the granularity into something meaningless.

This garbage used to come from the military; now it comes from B-schools. It's meant to obfuscate something meaningless. It's not even wrong! :-)
That's not even wrong!
--Wolfgang Pauli

ergative

tease apart

also, I second 'in terms of'.