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What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

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AJsMommy122
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Maxine

What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Posted 8/18/05 1:16 PM
 
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missus-hbradio
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate when my boss or another salesmen says "we are going to do the whole dog and pony show" Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 1:18 PM
 

Elbee
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

When my MIL says "Well she can go F*ck herself in Macy's window and invite Gimbals and Lord & Taylor to watch!"
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Ummm, what???? Chat Icon

Message edited 8/18/2005 1:20:10 PM.

Posted 8/18/05 1:19 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Posted by Elbee

When my MIL says "Well she can go F*ck herself in Macy's window and invite Gimbals and Lord & Taylor to watch!"
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Ummm, what???? Chat Icon



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Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon I'm not sure I know what it means but its damn funny!!!

Posted 8/18/05 1:24 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Oh I hate the phrase (at work) "we're playing phone tag" or "let's do lunch"

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Posted 8/18/05 1:26 PM
 

Kate
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Work phrases are the worst!!

"Let's do a quick round-robin and get everyone's thoughts."

"Let's circle back on that"

"At the end of the day..."

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Posted 8/18/05 1:32 PM
 

dld4e
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Work ones are the worst:

"I guess we are playing phone tag" Chat Icon
"It is what it is" Chat Icon
"Let's do lunch"

Posted 8/18/05 1:36 PM
 

missus-hbradio
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Posted by Kate

Work phrases are the worst!!

"Let's do a quick round-robin and get everyone's thoughts."

"Let's circle back on that"

"At the end of the day..."

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oh God I am going to kill myself right now!!!!

How about - I need that by COB Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 1:42 PM
 

trayrod
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate the work phrase "Going forward". It's used way too much here.

Posted 8/18/05 1:58 PM
 

MsMa
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate "I guess we are playing phone tag" Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 1:59 PM
 

Lisa
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

relax

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Posted 8/18/05 2:00 PM
 

LMFitz
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L

Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate "Not for nothing" - a friend of mine used to say it all the time...Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 2:01 PM
 

DonnaJoe708
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate if I'm complaining/venting about something and someone says: "Why don't you tell us how you really feel?" Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 2:02 PM
 

BabyAvocado
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

There are so many work phrases that drive me nuts but one only comes to mind at the moment:

"Let's try it - just for S & G's" (sh!ts & giggles)

Posted 8/18/05 2:08 PM
 

Irishlass
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

My Mom says - "done and dusted" & "that's where their at" - drive me nuts.

When my husband tells me "relax"

There are some work ones that drive me crazy to but I cant remember them right now.

Posted 8/18/05 2:11 PM
 

MrsJ
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate when my MIL says (in reference to her ex son in law) "And you people have the nerve to BREAK BREAD with those people?!"

Posted 8/18/05 2:11 PM
 

CaseyGirl
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate when at work, I am playing phone tag with someone and when they call me back and leave a message, they say "tag, you're it". Also, I hate the phrase, "going forward" Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 2:14 PM
 

dpli
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Got this in an email recently:

Business Buzzwords That Make You Gag
Readers wrote in with their nominees for this column's first-ever Most Annoying Lingo awards (the Mallies). Find out which phrases they would like purged from our professional conversations.
By Anne Fisher

Bottom line, when it refers "not to an entry on a financial statement but to a conclusion the speaker wants to force you to accept," writes KB.

Shooting someone an e-mail or firing off an e-mail. "This makes me cringe," writes Mary.

A challenge or an issue, when what the speaker really means is a problem.

No-brainer. Suggests Mitch, "Maybe we could redefine this to mean a person who says it."

"At the end of the day…" Several readers complained that attorneys nowadays seem to start every other sentence this way. Adds Brian T., "At the end of the day, what really bugs me is people saying 'at the end of the day.'" Is he a lawyer?

"Isn't this cool?" Heard at "any Microsoft presentation of any new software," one reader notes. "Is it a rhetorical question, or do these people have a very limited vocabulary?"

Hit the ground running. Oops. I used this one in a recent magazine column. Sorry!

Touch base, as in "Let's touch base on this tomorrow." Says Bill G.: "I don't want to touch anyone's base. It sounds as if it would lead to a sexual harassment lawsuit."


Going forward, as in, "Going forward, let's try not to use so many dumb cliches." Wonders Dave M: "What else would we do? Go back in time?" As if!


Win-win. The cynics among us loathe this one with a passion. Writes Stacy, "It could as easily be 'lose-lose,' since neither party really wins." Okay, then!


Core competencies. "If I hear the head of my division use this phrase one more time, I'm going to throw something at him," writes Jim. "Something heavy." Yikes. Division heads everywhere, you've been warned.


Mission-critical. Some of you hate this expression because it is frequently used to imply that one person's contribution to a project is less important than someone else's. Others, meanwhile, just think it sounds
pretentious when businesspeople talk as if they were flying the Space Shuttle.


Thought leader. "Can you please kill this expression?" asks P.J. "It was bad enough to see PR people describe someone as a thought leader, but when I saw someone call himself a thought leader in his own bio, I wanted to
throw up."

Reference used as a verb, as in, "Please reference page 12 in your training guide." What's wrong with the (grammatically correct) phrase "refer to"—or just "look at?"

Ping, as in "I'll ping you on this when I hear back from legal." This bit of tech jargon "has jumped the fence into the non-tech world," writes Scott. Let's send it back.

There is no "I" in "team." Some of you are so weary of hearing this, you've taken to snapping, "But there is an 'M', and look! An 'E'!" Tsk, tsk.

Radar screen, as in, "I'd like to get on your radar screen for a meeting next week." Asks Oliver, "What are we, air traffic controllers?"

Bleeding edge, as in, "This is bleeding-edge technology." Yuck. Can we put this one out of its misery?

Keep me posted or I'll keep you posted. Notes one astute reader, "These are usually conversation-enders indicating that no further information will be exchanged."

Circle back , as in, "I'm just circling back to you on this", which is often "a cutesy way of pestering you for a progress report that you're
probably not ready to give," says Kate.

On the same page. Third runner-up: 78 readers wrote to say they would be happy never to hear anyone say this again. Ever.

Cheerleader, as in calling oneself a cheerleader for a project or goal at work. Second runner-up, with 87 votes. "Can't we leave high school behind us?" asks D.B.

Value proposition. Oy. "What is this exactly, and why does everything have to have one?" wonders Valerie. Tied for first runner-up with....

One off. This is a comparatively new figure of speech frequently used to mean "privately," as in, "You and I will talk about this one off, after the meeting." It is also apparently why, according to many of you, nothing gets decided in meetings anymore.

Now for the winners, each nominated by more than 100 readers. May I have the envelopes, and a drum roll, please? The first 2005 Mallie award for Most Annoying Lingo goes to "new paradigm" (and its evil twin, "paradigm
shift", also widely despised).

Next, a big Mallie to the word "bandwidth,"
when it is used to refer to people. "Do we have to call hiring people adding bandwidth?" asks Lauren. Another reader, echoing the general consensus, called referring to human beings as bandwidth "appalling."

And last but not least ”are you ready?”a tepid round of applause, please, for our final Mallie winner, and I'm sure you'll all agree this one is richly deserved: Any phrase uttered by any businessperson at all, at any time, for any reason that contains the word "vision."

Posted 8/18/05 2:17 PM
 

Leeners
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

"That's hot." Chat Icon Everyone is saying it and it bothers the crap out of me Chat Icon

Message edited 8/18/2005 2:18:09 PM.

Posted 8/18/05 2:18 PM
 

JenniferEver
The Disney Lady

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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

This is in a totally different vein, but I was thinking today how I hate the word "pussy". it just makes me want to gag....even if somsone is saying "pussy willow" or "pussy cat"....Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 2:20 PM
 

unknown1
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Posted by trayrod

I hate the work phrase "Going forward". It's used way too much here.




I hate that to or they say it like "on a going foward basis"

Posted 8/18/05 2:20 PM
 

Shelly
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate when people get expressions wrong- like I could care less... the saying (which I also can't stand) is I couldn't care less. ARrrgghhhhh.

Posted 8/18/05 2:29 PM
 

Shelly
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

Posted by Shellyesq

I hate when people get expressions wrong- like I could care less... the saying (which I also can't stand) is I couldn't care less. ARrrgghhhhh.



ETA: I HATE "THAT'S HOT". Whoever decided that Paris Hilton was worth emulating should be shot.

Posted 8/18/05 2:29 PM
 

Palebride
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Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

"Can I help who's next" when waiting in line Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 8/18/05 2:32 PM
 

dooodles
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Because 2 people fell in love

Re: What is one word ( or saying) you wish you never had to hear ever again..

I hate when people you work and are not friendly with outside of work say "I'm talking to you like a friend here"

Ummm, only my friends talk to me like friends

Posted 8/18/05 2:35 PM
 
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