December 14, 2007

Benchmarking

Jason C is asking 'what words do you hate?' Here are ones that for some reason make me want to cringe every time:

  • paradigm
  • synergy
  • grow, as in "grow the economy"
  • meme
  • nougat
  • epiglottis
  • doop, and its synonym hiney

    What about you?

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    Posted by maru at 12/14/2007 11:19:00 AM

    15 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Mine most hated word is "ointment."

    1:30 PM
    Anonymous said...

    "Basically"

    1:58 PM
    Phil said...

    "Department of Homeland Security" or any version of Homeland referring to the US.
    2. Nookular.
    3. Any word that comes out of Bush's mouth.

    2:53 PM
    Anonymous said...

    Mindless business phrases:

    1. Network(ing)

    2. Content (as in "content provider")

    3. Strategic (as in "strategic partner")

    3:38 PM
    JasonC said...

    ooh, yeah, "ointment" is bad. i'm with you on "nougat", too, maru. ew, ew, ew!

    4:55 PM
    Anonymous said...

    the word 'impact' used as a verb

    5:34 PM
    Anonymous said...

    'reach out' as in 'reach out to your manager'. How touchy-feely.

    6:04 PM
    Anonymous said...

    We're in a good position to leverage our infrastructure.

    And other contentless prose.

    6:57 PM
    Anonymous said...

    Viable
    Restructuring
    Thinking outside the box
    Win-win
    No-win
    Visionary
    Obfuscating

    7:13 PM
    Anonymous said...

    The grating business terms (I won't get into the 'politics' catagory due to space limitations -- but 'Republican talking points' would be the short description) for me are:

    'short' meeting
    cost effective
    total cost
    synergy
    setup a spreadsheet (directive)

    I know that most of these seem innocuous enough, but it's obviously my personal workplace environment that has a lot to do with it!

    9:19 PM
    Anonymous said...

    I agree about nougat. For some reason the word 'monies' has always bugged me. The one I think I hate the most is 'proactive'.

    9:27 PM
    Anonymous said...

    As much as I like the object, I hate the word "nipple". Another cringe-worthy word is "moist".

    9:28 PM
    maru said...

    throughput
    margarine

    starting sentences with "so..."

    yeah, "nipple" bugs me, too

    10:19 PM
    Anonymous said...

    "Utilize" makes me grind my teeth.

    I love "meme" though...but only in the Richard Dawkins sense. Something else the politicians have ruined!

    10:44 AM
    Anonymous said...

    Impact. Every time I hear this or that had an impact, the question always comes to mind; "Did it leave a dent?"

    Affect and effect people. Great words, simple to use, clear in meaning and won't mar the furniture.

    12:35 AM

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