Comments on: Thirty words and phrases you need to stop using today

By: Steve Tuffill

Steve Tuffill — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:42:23 +0000

I love this whole site. I am a real fan of the best English language. And I agree with all of these comments! BTW – this was featured on LinkedIn’s CopyWriter’s Beat Group today and the link was shown to the “Twelve more words to ban from your workplace” blog… Also, I featured both on my Scoop-It site, New Words, (http://www.scoop.it/t/new-words), since it fits in admirably with what I am trying to achieve there.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:48:02 +0000

I really am going to kill the next person in the office who says “I don’t have the bandwith to do that”. Unless they have a gastric band and we’re talking about an eating competition.

By: Yiannis

Yiannis — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:50:38 +0000

How about:
Agnostic – as a description of objects that can receive a wide variety of inputs. In its country of origin it basically means clueless!
Overarching – Encompassing is fancy enough! Do we need arches over our heads? They don’t usually coral anything!

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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:55:39 +0000

[...] Read it. 1. Bandwidth Please don’t tell me you don’t have the “bandwidth” to take on a project. I’ll just assume you mean you don’t have the mental capacity to do it. And I’m probably right. 10. Passion For God’s sake, get a room, won’t you? Some of us are trying to work in here. 15. Human capital Smarter HR types, having wised up to the offensiveness of the term “Human Resources”, have rebranded the field as “Human Capital”. Hmm. Still kinda implies that you see me as a figure on a balance sheet, doesn’t it? An asset to be used, shifted around or disposed of as required. What, you mean I am? Oh, okay then. 24. Challenge The fact that your sales are down 54% on the quarter isn’t a challenge – it’s a problem. Recognise it as such. [...]

By: Clare Lynch

Clare Lynch — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:13:19 +0000

Mary, you can have all of those included. I’m particularly fond of “reach out”. I had been wondering where it came from until one night I was watching The Sopranos and Tony used it to refer to getting in touch with the New York family as a precursor to all-out Mafia war.

Hmm – is that what colleagues really mean when they use it?

By: Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:16:39 +0000

I vote for:
– face time
- reach out (why did people stop just calling each other?)
- capacity

Thanks for the fun post – I look forward to more words.

By: Terminologia etc. » » gergo aziendale inglese

Terminologia etc. » » gergo aziendale inglese — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:02:10 +0000

[...] Thirty words and phrases you need to stop using today dà altri esempi, tra cui ho sempre trovato fastidiosi il verbo leverage (“sfruttare”, “usare a proprio vantaggio”), takeaways (usato al plurale: le informazioni utili che si ricavano da una riunione o presentazione) e competency (in particolare core competencies, l’insieme di conoscenze ed esperienze necessarie per un’attività specifica. Chissà perché viene preferito a competence…). [...]

By: Pompous Twat

Pompous Twat — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:30:03 +0000

I’m glad you learned the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs – however escalate is also an ergative verb where the object may be implied.

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:09:23 +0000

Under “Impact”, I believe your sentence should end with “aren’t you” rather than “don’t you”

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