I'm sick of hearing overused cliche phrases . . .

[WIMUSKY]

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Thankfully, I got out of the corporate world about 10 years ago. The wife is still a member.......

 

[Jeep Man]

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"WHAT UP"
"MY BAD"

 

[lowkee]

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"Go the extra mile"

If you went an extra mile.. wouldn't you be "off by a mile"?

 

[lowkee]

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Until you've had someone tell you they will "ping you" you have no idea how bad corporate speak has become.

I used to work for a internet sports company and was in a meeting one day where I began talking about an issue with a high availability server. The server guy then responded "Let's take it offline". I began laughing out loud at the absurdity of the statement, only to find out he meant "We'll talk about it after the meeting".

When did making sense when you spoke become optional?

 

[Mikesan]

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Using the word "utilized" instead of the word "used". What hacks me off the most is politicians who don't reply to simple questions with simple answers. Instead, you are first subjected to a speech and then lied to.

 

[gypsysoul]

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I will be glad when The word recession is over and done with.

 

[Tainted Halo]

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" Im need a Va-keh" your about to get a vacation dill weed

" think outside the box" if your thinking about thinking outside the box your 3 steps behind everyone else.... because we don't live in a box no do we have to think about think outside the friken box..... BTW there is no box whe world is round!

" Gash-doink-ah-doink" a part you have no clue what the name is.... go read a book it came with the product you just bought... and if your setting up my network and calling the router a thingamabob..... your going in the drink!

"Near Hit" well did you hit it or not.....

" Stupid" ya there ain't no pill for that yet.....

and yes one of the reasons i got out of Corp was i couldn't put up with all the retards that read one best seller book and quoted something from every page and they were giving me insight on my productivity.....

 

[itsaboattime]

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Shizzle......or any other form of maiming the english language.

 

[Bass Tracker TX17]

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A popular one with management in the company I work for, "Step up to the plate!" As in, you need to go above and beyond. I want to hit somebody when I hear that. YOU step up to the &#@*$!$ plate!

In my line of work this means your going to work for free and maybe stay a little longer at the end of the day too.

I step up to the plate every day and the only thing i get are spit balls.

 

[Expidia]

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Shizzle......or any other form of maiming the english language.

I hear ya on this one. I'm sad to see how rap and ebonics lingo is infecting our children speech. The TV and commercials glorify bad english to the point that kids go around trying to emulate and talk like Snoop Dog and wigger wanna bees like Eminem.

Or when people pronounce a picture (like a photo) as pitcher.
Or saying I have to go to the groshery store instead of grocery.

Or my having to press #1 for English.

Whatever happened to speaking the "Kings English" . . . Old Chap

There is a "snowballs chance in hell" : of getting our langauge back.

 

[bassman284]

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C'mon Jay, cut them some slack.
I have no doubt that they would use that "paradigm shift" to "leverage synergies" so that all "stakeholders" could benefit "moving forward".
That has to be a good thing, right?

...while they're grabbing the "low hanging fruit".

 

[KeyWestSkipper]

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I think you meant "without further adieu" . . .

Not trying to be picky, but everyone knows "ado" . . . is a small deer

I think he had it right, it's 'ado', as in Much Ado About Nothing. The other adieu is French for 'farewell'.

What I'm sick of isn't so much a cliche it's that question-speak thing, where people inflect every....sentence? as a ...question? like I'm doing here? Linguists call it a high rising terminal, I call it annoying.

 

[lowkee]

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I forgot one.. "you know"

If I already know, and you know I already know, why are you A: telling me I know and B: telling me it again!

 

[j_martin]

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I forgot one.. "you know"

If I already know, and you know I already know, why are you A: telling me I know and B: telling me it again!

That's right, eh?

 

[j_martin]

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I forgot one.. "you know"

If I already know, and you know I already know, why are you A: telling me I know and B: telling me it again!

That's right, eh?

Oh shucks, JB will probably lock the thread for picking on canucks.

 

[paulspaddle]

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I think he had it right, it's 'ado', as in Much Ado About Nothing. The other adieu is French for 'farewell'.

What I'm sick of isn't so much a cliche it's that question-speak thing, where people inflect every....sentence? as a ...question? like I'm doing here? Linguists call it a high rising terminal, I call it annoying.

Well Expedia guess this says something to my respect to your opinion. I went back and edited my post (I was thinking, "crap wonder if I've written that before?"...doubt it, because I can't stand it right?).....now, after a little Googleing....I'm going to go back and edit again, it is "ado".

Thanks Keywest.

 

[basstracker219]

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my step-dad likes to correct people, i hate it.

 

[ezmobee]

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the opposite of "low hanging fruit" is....that's a "day 2 item". Hate that one.

 

[cribber]

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Someone who starts a sentence with "First and foremost..." Okay, which is it? Is it first or is it foremost??

 

[ezbtr]

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and one guy at work, always starts a sentence with "So...."

So WHAT???? Is this a continuation to a recurring/current subject or conversation???
Arghhhh.....