― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
I'm going to go get lunch now. It will be... food. With food in it.
By the way, restaurantese is REALLY annoying. They use a lot of nouns in verbs: "Plate that right this time!" meaning "put it on a plate and use all the proper garnishes in our standard hideous arrangement or you will be fucked with by your manager for the rest of the day."
"Magnificently plated!"
Every job I've ever had has turned me into a bigger language crank.
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
There is such a shock of recognition from post to post, as phrases I didn't know I hated alternate with ones I use too much...
'Action' - "We need to action this now..."
'Paradigm' - you can blame Thomas Kuhn for this one I think. It arrived into common parlance (ugh! hate that phrase) via the caring professions (ow!) ex-students of which had digested it as part of their philosophy units (in spite of the fact that Kuhn thought the social sciences and philosophy were preparadigmatic - which makes you wonder whether he thought his own theory of paradigms was preparadigmatic). As his critics never tired of pointing out, Kuhn never defined the word consistently either, using it in all kinds of ways. Now all it really means is 'area' or 'field'.
'Do a 360' when it should be 'do a 180' was mentioned above; what about 'it's a steep learning curve' to describe a task that is hard to pick up? Now, if time is on the Y axis and competence is on the X-axis, as is the convention, then a steep curve indicates a job that is picked up very quickly. It's a _shallow_ curve that indicates difficulty. Perhaps people have the mental picture of a steep curve being hard to climb.
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
(Also, I am a dick but not THAT much of a dick.)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
― David. (Cozen), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
Short for "We need an action item for this now..."?
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:30 (twenty years ago) link
"Schizophrenia" used to refer to multiple personality or other psychological disorders.
Certain people's way of pronouncing "ask" as "ax."
― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Gilles Deleuze (daria g), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Nicolars (Nicole), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
That's because Freud represents your father to you; no doubt the fear is related to a childhood incident where you were discovered doing something naughty. You are now projecting your fear on to authority figures of all kinds, and on to theories which may, so to speak, 'find you out' by revealing the psychodynamics of your neurosis. But, due to the psychological defence of reaction formation, you may find this hard to accept during the initial phase of treatment.
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Roland Barf (daria g), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:31 (twenty years ago) link
― lupine lupin (lupinelupin), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:36 (twenty years ago) link
As in the study of light? why is that a bastardization or annoying?
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:10 (twenty years ago) link
and any host of words used by annoying people I know.
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:18 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:52 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:04 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:11 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:14 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:17 (twenty years ago) link
Anyone else have any anatomical or medical terms that annoy? I think saying "syphilis" is just plain fun, but "chlamydia?" I shudder to type it.
― Major Grubert (Grandin), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:29 (twenty years ago) link
It's terrible to use, but sometimes, what else would you use?
Could you imagine if grad students ran around saying "zeitgeist" and "weltanschauung?" "Postmodern" and "paradigm" are bad enough. I think "discourse" is the least of our worries.
Ooooh, but you know what I bet is the worst? Applying "discourse" to ILE.
― Major Grubert (Grandin), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:32 (twenty years ago) link
if fact, anything with a 'rrh' in it..
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Officer Pupp, Thursday, 25 September 2003 06:33 (twenty years ago) link
― rob geary (rgeary), Thursday, 25 September 2003 06:49 (twenty years ago) link
― rob geary (rgeary), Thursday, 25 September 2003 06:50 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 25 September 2003 06:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 25 September 2003 07:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
So what WOULD be a correct use of 'irregardless'?
Furthermore, I DETEST:
'the bottom line'
'flexibility' when used by Human Resources people (not real keen on 'human resources' either)
'mutual obligation'
24/7
'sooner than later' without the rather in the middle,
'at the end of the day'
all SMS shorthand but especially 'prolly'
'would/could/should of'
'traitor' and 'tragedy' used in sporting contexts
'bias' as an adjective (as in 'the ABC is bias', what does that mean: the ABC goes to Mass 12 times a week?)
Most Freudian or postmod jargon
'Go Pies'
― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:31 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:38 (twenty years ago) link
"Power down" is pretty bad. Why can't they say "switch off" like everybody else?
and what abt outage? Our website was down earlier and I received an email to say that "They" were going to be "investigating the cause of this outage". I promptly sent an email back to say that they'd missed the 'r' out of "outrage".
― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:00 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:13 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:14 (twenty years ago) link
(unless it's the time when Brad Pitt says it on Kalifornia)
― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:36 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 25 September 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link