I just came across this. Thankfully, blue sky thinking, and outside the box seem to have vanished. Here are the Top 10 familiar but problematic words and phrases that people want banished in 2022.
•Wait, what? •No worries. •At the end of the day… •That being said… •Asking for a friend… •Circle back •Deep dive •New normal •You’re on mute. •Supply chain
My least favourites on here are Deep dive OFSTED speak for however good you are, we’re looking for anything you might have missed! The New Normal used by people when you express concern about something unpleasant or inherently dangerous that is becoming commonplace.
No problem You guys High Five At the end of the day My bad You've got this (someone said that to me when I was in hospital, unable to do anything at all, after a stroke)
‘No worries,’I hear just about every day. It is endemic here. Same with ‘Howya going ?’ The answer is, ‘Good’. I don’t mind them at all,can’t see anything boring / nasty about them. The only thing that annoys me is people who start a sentence with ‘So’because I am sick of it. ‘Seeya later’is another we use all the time here along with ‘talk soon’.
Fanny, we were having lunch out recently and the young waiter said it every time we spoke to him, menu, not a problem, drink one, not a problem, drink two, not a problem food order one, not a problem, food order two, not a problem, dessert, not a problem, bill.......... it drove me mad.
One that really, really. gets to me is "see you later" even when there is not a cats chance in hell that they will. Had it said to me on the telephone too.
Or "see you soon" is even worse when you don't want to see them soon and would rather see them later or not.
One that really, really. gets to me is "see you later" even when there is not a cats chance in hell that they will. Had it said to me on the telephone too.
‘Let me be clear…’ inevitably followed by a load of confusing claptrap Or ‘The Prime Minister has been very clear’, when they have been anything but. These applied mainly to Liz Truss
(I used to hate ‘wait, what?’ All the kids at school said it, usually in response to a simple instruction)