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Commonly used terms you can't stand

BuilderPlumber

What are the commonly used terms you cannot stand. There are 3 that stand out for me. Millennials, snowflakes and viral. Why?

Millennials is a term that has taken hold in the last few years. The strange thing is it means people born between the early to mid 1970s to the mid 1990s rather than the obvious 2000 which is referred to as generation Z. The term on its own I have no problem with but it is the media's mocking connotations when it is used that is problematic when it is ............

Usually mentioned along with the term snowflake. This term is often used by bullies and the like to degrade people who are more sensitive than them. When applied to a whole generation, this is not pleasant. People like Bill Cullen from an older generation tend to think the younger generation has it softer when in fact each generation brings its own problems and no generation is perfect.

Viral. Originally this was meant to mean some infection and then it began to mean a malicious software program. Now, it is a term used by the media to describe something they want to push that has been viewed many times on a media affiliated social media website. Very much a term that has become a soundbite of the Tubridy era.

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Selfie. We had at least 8 years of people uploading photos to MySpace and Bebo before some Australian douche penned that word.

It’s the dredge. Journal.ie “journalists” use this term a lot. Wtf does that even mean?

Social media. Some mid aged quango biddy who’s part of the golden circle comes on Rté and uses this term when describing social network platforms like Facebook and/or Twitter.

mikemac2

Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Cookie_Monster

prinzeugen wrote: »

Experience.

I would love to meet the hipster corporate twat or twats that decided that to describe everything we do as a bloody "experience".

Its only in the past 2-3 years that this crap caught on.

You " experience" a shop or a bank now rather than visit, use or shop in one.

You "experience" a hotel rather than stay in one.

The terms we once used like shopping, banking, visiting, staying, browsing, traveling, service etc, etc have all been replaced by the word "experience".

Its even in job titles as well. " Brand experience manager"... In charge of the customer service desk in a shop.

it's because bricks and mortar store need to make it a thing now to survive with online shopping. the only reason you go to a store and not buy a thing online is for the experience don'tcha know.

mrslancaster

supermarket ads & people who say 'kay-jees' for kgs.

kilograms or kilos seems to work fine in other countries & afair in the past we didn't say 'elle-bees' for lbs, we said pounds. ��

gazzer

Don't know why but I cringe every time I hear the word "diaspora"

twignme

Text me in. Mostly heard on the radio.
Journey.

prinzeugen

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

it's because bricks and mortar store need to make it a thing now to survive with online shopping. the only reason you go to a store and not buy a thing online is for the experience don'tcha know.

Its not just bricks and mortar places. Its 99% of websites as well.

They have a wee pop up about cookies and its all to do with improving our "experience"
(once called a visit) allegedly.

queueeye

Zeitgeist.

Its impossible to hear someone say it and not think they're a pretentious wanker.

Irish Guitarist

The word 'hack' in place of the word 'tip'. It's usually accompanied by the sentence "things you're doing wrong". In an article titled something like "Try these simple breakfast hacks" you'll be told to place your toaster on its side and put a slice of bread with some cheese in it. That's not a 'hack', it's sheer stupidity. You could end up with your cheese on toast being thrown on the floor, or even worse your toaster being destroyed by melted cheese. And, no, putting a slice of bread with grated cheese under the grill isn't 'doing it wrong'.

Another 'thing you're doing wrong' is that one about peeling a banana from the other end. Why exactly is it wrong? What benefit does peeling it from the opposite end provide?

Ash.J.Williams

There's definitely such thing as snowflakes

Igotadose

Very unique.

Jayesdiem

He was the life and soul of the party

De Bhál

I think I'll have a sneaky...

sligojoek

Work-life balance

jojofizzio

“In terms of”....my boss...in ..every...sentence &#55357;&#56865;

Jerichoholic

"Guys"

Hi guys. Ok Guys. What's up Guys?

Guys?

PandaPoo

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Another 'thing you're doing wrong' is that one about peeling a banana from the other end. Why exactly is it wrong? What benefit does peeling it from the opposite end provide?

I think it's much better! Sometimes my bananas are too ripe so I try to peel it from the normal end but it just bends. The other end is so much easier. You pinch, it opens, you take that nasty black thing off and boom you're good to go.

Boom being used as I did above really annoys me

Bob Harris

The word tush or tushy. Fuckin' hate them.

Jerichoholic

Lit

Cee-Jay-Cee

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Usually mentioned along with the term snowflake. This term is often used by bullies and the like to degrade people who are more sensitive than them. When applied to a whole generation, this is not pleasant. People like Bill Cullen from an older generation tend to think the younger generation has it softer when in fact each generation brings its own problems and no generation is perfect.

Snowflakes are not people who are genuinely more sensitive than others, they're idiots who chose to be offended by anything and everything just to appear sensitive but in reality these people are so thick and stupid that they have no idea what they feel about anything. In most cases their parents are to blame, they have brought them up wrapped in cotton wool, over protected them and led them to believe that anyone or anything that goes against their views/feelings are to be avoided. It is a perfect term for these idiots and I will continue to use it when appropriate.

Solomon Pleasant

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

Rubberlegs

Keep calm and anything that follows can fcuk off.
Anything being described as "lush "
When an outfit is described as taking you from "work to play" makes me want to vomit.

CrankyHaus

Woke.

A label to distinguish between those who match your precise ideological prescriptions and the unbelievers who are to be shunned.

It's Orwellian. Identical really to the East German label of "politically correct" (Which was different to our modern use of the term politically correct which is far more benign, and usually refers to minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect).

_Dara_

Jayesdiem wrote: »

He was the life and soul of the party

“She had a smile that lit up a room.” Nobody better fucking say that at my funeral.

Jerichoholic

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

It's the cringiest thing ever made. I refuse to have anything to do with it.

i71jskz5xu42pb

Ludikrus wrote: »

110%

More generally, startup jargon/Americanisms - "on fire", "lit", "crushing it", "killing it", just makes me cringe for the person using it.

Limmy could do this whole thread

Jerichoholic

Limmy is right about everything.

jimgoose

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

Mike McGann a.k.a. Mike Winnett is a great antidote to some of that crapola, he's a sort of Godfrey Elfwick of LinkedIn. :pac:

jimgoose

CrankyHaus wrote: »

...refers to minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect).

You are of course aware that there are those who would define "woke" very similarly, i.e. as "awareness of minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect"?

_Dara_

Omackeral wrote: »

Yeah, I’ve got that in the past. I’m thinking “Everything happens for a reason, eh? So there’s a reason I have cancer in my spine and a soft organ? I... see.” whilst nodding at them with my eyelids at half-mast and lips slightly pursed.

It’s a truly mindless expression that people should think twice before using.