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Jeremy Riggs


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Lake Superior State University has banned the following words and phrases...

SURREAL

HUNKER DOWN

PERSON OF INTEREST

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS

UP OR DOWN VOTE

BREAKING NEWS

There's 12 more to go, any guesses or suggestions as to what they are or should be?

What phrases are you SICK OF?????


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WebGuy


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One that I get tired of is "Gear Up".





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Molly


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I absolutely hate, "At the end of the day." One time, at a companywide meeting, we played BS bingo (which was my idea and I totally got in trouble for) where you identified the catch phrases that the speaker used and marked off that square to see if you got bingo. "At the end of the day" ended up being said over 10 times!

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Physically challenged/physically disabled. I admit to using that second one myself, but that's just because there' hasn't been a better term!

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Jeremy Riggs


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Yeah, that's a good one. And there's variation of it on the list!

I've heard LOCK n' LOAD a bit too often in the past 12 months.

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Jeremy Riggs


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Come on Mel! You're a bright gal! You should start a trend with a better phrase, whattya got for us?

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Molly


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Oh, got another! "Advocate." Companies are using that word without really knowing what it means. A customer service person is not an Advocate, they're usually the opposite!!!!

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I'm still thinking, Gimme some time, and I'll come up with one I promise!

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Jeremy Riggs


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Yes, I agree Molly.

The company I work for is called CS Logistics. LOGISTICS is TOTALLY overused right now. EVERYBODY throws that word into the description of their company.

The next group of six is...

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency I DID KNOW THIS! I'M NOT AN IDIOT I SWEAR!!!!!)

FIRST TIME CALLER

PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU

97% FAT FREE

AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN

JUNK SCIENCE

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Diversity.

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Bennifer and Brangelina!

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Jeremy Riggs


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NO KIDDING RUBY!

What the heck? Why does anyone Brad Pitt dates now have to be meshed into his name?

It's just like how EVERY scandal is a GATE now.

I mean, Watergate was a GATE because it was the WATERGATE building.

But every political scandal since has to have the word GATE tagged to the end.

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not that I have a problem with the idea of diversity, but just that its thrown out there as a an empty buzz-word of  business and educational institution richeousness.  

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Issue... we never have outages/failures/troubles... we have "issues". 


Downsizing / right sizing / rationalizing.... all euphamisms for layoff.



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I hate to hear SCENARIO.  Every time I hear that word I want to punch somebody. 

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Synergies.  I hate hearing about "finding synergies".

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That sounds like you should be in a back room somewhere.

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Awe come on ladies . . . you just gotta think ouside the box!





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"Can you hear me now?"  Need I say more?

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WebGuy wrote:

Awe come on ladies . . . you just gotta think ouside the box!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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WebGuy wrote:

Awe come on ladies . . . you just gotta think ouside the box!
Okay... since I already know it's on the University list... Erectile Dysfunction.  We all know it exists, but really... doesn't Bob Dole give you the willies (so to speak) when he talks about it?

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Jeremy Riggs


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YES!

I've heard all I want to hear about E.D.

I'm sick of seeing guys throw footballs through tires,

Enough is enough!

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"Done Deal"


"You People"


 



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Molly


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Hey Web: Please advise.

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Ouch Molly. That hurt.




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Just getting back at you for the 'think outside the box' comment.

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remeber how everyone hated "synergy" and "paradigm" in 2004, and how there were hardly used in 2005?

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"an 'apples to apples' pricing comparrsion" SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Molly


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It sounds like some people here might appreciate BS Bingo. Just make sure you don't have any narks playing along with you!

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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

remeber how everyone hated "synergy" and "paradigm" in 2004, and how there were hardly used in 2005?
Clearly sir, you do not work for Sprint-Nextel. We are all extra synergistic around here!

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