Words we cannot abide.

[RobH1]

Trev used a word in a recent post, so I thought starting this thread to maybe ease a little tension building in the fora.

Gobsmacked - a hideous word.

 

[Black Hole]

I vote for practically anything uttered by anyone under 30.

 

[gomezz]

Arbitrator instead of Arbiter.

 

[prpr]

Administrate instead of Administer.

 

[Black Hole]

Dumbing down: "train" instead of "railway"

Frequently on TV weather forecasts (Carol Kirkwood): "as well" when "also" or "either" would have been more appropriate

Unnecessary padding words (typically used by Americans but taking hold elsewhere): "timeframe" (rarely will the sentence not be improved by simply leaving it out)

Americanisms: "can I get"; "momentarily" (which is an adverb so means "briefly", not "soon")

 

[peterworks]

So...

 

[af123]

Unnecessary padding words (typically used by Americans but taking hold elsewhere)

And of course, missing words as in "come get" and, to a lesser extent but topical, "stay home"

 

[RobH1]

Expanding the thread somewhat, misuse (or lack of understanding) of common words e.g.

Your/you're
Lose/loose
Their/there/they're
To/too

Feel free to add more. What about the posters who use a comma instead of an apostrophe? This seems to be creeping in.

 

[Andy Fox]

"going forward"

Unless you've got a time machine that's pretty much the only way to go.

 

[fenlander]

Decimate. Nobody knows what it means any more but they keep on using it. Bring back latin.

 

[EEPhil]

Ramp up - pretend we're increasing something.
Fake news - probably the truth.
Blindingly obvious - no it isn't.

 

[Trev]

Share that with/Sharing (tell me some more fake news)
Reaching out. (recently)
All manner of office jargon/boardroom speak. See HERE

 

[EEPhil]

All manner of office jargon/boardroom speak.

You win! All the rubbish uttered by a character in "Drop the dead donkey" was hilarious. Trouble was, people in the HR department started using such twaddle.

HR (Human resources) - What's wrong with personnel departments? (It's not as though personnel is sexist or racist)

 

[Andy Fox]

Deliver, and much worse, "deliver on" .

My wife works at a University. They don't teach anything these days, they deliver learning.

When did learning become a noun?

 

[EEPhil]

They don't teach anything these days, they deliver learning.

You could deliver learning material(s) or learning object(s). (More management bs)

 

[Trev]

Yes but in that case it's the 'materials' and the 'objects' that are the nouns, and the 'learning' thus becomes an adjective so the 'learning' is still not a noun.

 

[RobH1]

Reaching out. (recently)

I noticed that and couldn't understand the context.

 

[MikeSh]

Twitter

 

[EEPhil]

Getting a bit fed up with "Social distancing" - the overuse of the words rather than the concept.
PPE - ditto.

 

[EEPhil]

Twitter

Now that twitter has decided to fact check Trump's tweets the Donald has had a hissy-fit and wants to close twitter down.