Trendy Words I Do Not Like

[fishbrains]

"Digital natives" when referring to our students' ability to use hardware and software. Most of them are helpless when even just a small problem arises.



Sorry if this one has been mentioned before.

[marshwiggle]

"Digital natives" when referring to our students' ability to use hardware and software. Most of them are helpless when even just a small problem arises.



Sorry if this one has been mentioned before.

Maybe the original phrase was misheard, and the second "t" doesn't belong there. That would explain a lot.

[ab_grp]

There was talk on social media recently about college students not seeming to understand file structures.  I guess they are just using to passively saving files and photos to some big dump area and not setting up folders pertaining to different projects, and so forth.  Newer technology and capacity means that they can just search for whatever they need in that big general space.  I don't know how widespread this is, but it is interesting to think about.

[Aster]

"Digital natives" when referring to our students' ability to use hardware and software. Most of them are helpless when even just a small problem arises.

I've learned to swap in "digital zombies" instead.

[Harlow2]

There was talk on social media recently about college students not seeming to understand file structures.  I guess they are just using to passively saving files and photos to some big dump area and not setting up folders pertaining to different projects, and so forth.  Newer technology and capacity means that they can just search for whatever they need in that big general space.  I don't know how widespread this is, but it is interesting to think about.

This might explain how some of my colleagues use Google drive.

[Hibush]

There was talk on social media recently about college students not seeming to understand file structures.  I guess they are just using to passively saving files and photos to some big dump area and not setting up folders pertaining to different projects, and so forth.  Newer technology and capacity means that they can just search for whatever they need in that big general space.  I don't know how widespread this is, but it is interesting to think about.

This might explain how some of my colleagues use Google drive.

File systems are now a Dark Art. xkcd

[ab_grp]

There was talk on social media recently about college students not seeming to understand file structures.  I guess they are just using to passively saving files and photos to some big dump area and not setting up folders pertaining to different projects, and so forth.  Newer technology and capacity means that they can just search for whatever they need in that big general space.  I don't know how widespread this is, but it is interesting to think about.

This might explain how some of my colleagues use Google drive.

File systems are now a Dark Art. xkcd

Ha! I guess that explains it!

[mahagonny]

Student writes on RMP "Arguably, he is my favorite professor at this school."

Who is there to argue with?

[mahagonny]

'blame on'

Just say 'blame,' please. It's correct and it saves time.

[mahagonny]

'inclusive'

Because it means aligned with left wing politics, orthodoxy, which means exclusive.

[ab_grp]

Recently saw someone describe their applied research department's work as "user-obsessed," which just sounds creepy to me.

[mahagonny]

'Cocktail.' Used to mean 'combination' of just about anything. I don't want to hear anyone mention cocktails unless they're serious.

[mahagonny]

word salad

Insensitive to persons who have schizophrenia. They can't stop their disorganized thinking. Speaking and writing that we think is poorly constructed is something that legitimately invites critique, but not terms that should stay peculiar to a field.

Now, how about a round of applause for my compassion.

[Harlow2]

Real-world as an adjective. The referent is becoming increasingly unclear as per Meta.

[apl68]

Real-world as an adjective. The referent is becoming increasingly unclear as per Meta.

In fairness, it DOES seem like it's getting harder to tell what's "real world" and what's "meta" apart anymore.