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post #1 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:34pm
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Going off of the puke thread, what words annoy you?

One word that I find kind of annoying that gets thrown around a lot on the clothing fora is "sartorial".

Another word that's been getting annoying lately is the word "ironic".

What else?
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post #2 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:35pm
Fora, I don't care how correct it is.
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post #3 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:35pm
"Solutions" when what is really meant is "stuff we are selling."
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post #4 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:36pm
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Originally Posted by dusty View Post
Fora, I don't care how correct it is.

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post #5 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:37pm
Right now it's "Reagan democrats". If I hear this one more time...
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post #6 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:38pm
Two things off the top of my head:

- somebody being "beaten to within an inch of his/her life"
- the use of the word "amount" instead of the correct "number", as in "there is a large amount of people in the theater"
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post #7 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:40pm
OK, some of these are not buzz words.

If this is a general language pet peeve thread, then I want to add improper use of "over" v. "more than".
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post #8 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:43pm
"New paradigm", "paradigm shift" ... Anything with "paradigm" makes my eyes roll instantly, which is actually not a good thing when it's a client saying it...
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post #9 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:45pm
Thinking outside the box.

Globalization.
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post #10 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:46pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
"New paradigm", "paradigm shift" ... Anything with "paradigm" makes my eyes roll instantly, which is actually not a good thing when it's a client saying it...
What is worse is that this one is recycled every time there is a "new new paradigm." In other words, every ten years or so. Green+anything to form one word.
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post #11 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:49pm
I hate "outsource", as in

"there is a new paradigm shift in business strategies to outsource...."
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post #12 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:49pm
For me, "bloke" and "firm" . Both are used by the Brits, the first for a dude(another word I hate) and the second for a soccer gang.
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post #13 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:52pm
I also hate friendly. Child-friendly, eco-friendly, pet-friendly and all the rest of the friendly shit out there.
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post #14 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:53pm
"touch base" and "synergies" does it for me at the moment

http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/
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post #15 of 348
5/6/08 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by appolyon View Post
"synergies"

+1, awful.
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