My first job involved a pay packet, on a Friday. A half size manila with a fold of notes and a few coins inside. The deductions detailed on the front handwritten into a printed template. Good times.
I heard someone use "solutioning" for the first time on Tuesday. I'd heard rumours of this crime against language before but had persuaded myself that it was an apocryphal story. I wish I could say that maybe I misheard but the same person used it twice.
Townhall - not the edifice but the corporate top-down group announcement model.
We’re having a town hall where the David Solomon’s is going to explain the need for rationalising the workforce and the need for some brave decisions as we pivot away from…..
Oh ok - in 2009 I just told my parents they’d announced a mass redundancy. That seems to have become a taboo word btw - does with the GFC.
Like all US corporate w**kspeak it’s stolen from an environment where its connotations are essentially benign. As in, an informal local meeting associated with the bedrock of democracy. Co-opted into a foul environment where it’s intended to have a disinfecting effect. But all it does is alienate people. The age-old one is “reaching out”, obvs. From hippy therapy, essentially.
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Pwingies
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well, that's Kojak ruled out
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What have you got against Gareth Chilcott anyway clergs?
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Catarrh. Really not a fan of the word, even less so the substance.
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Better or worse than pleghm?
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Phlegm
Ahem
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I've got an Irish mate called that. Or close.
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I imagine his name is Phelim.. and he's sick of all the jokes
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Heh, so you know him.
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Is it Phelim Feely, known to all the girls as "touchy"?
Or Phelim Crawley, known as "Creepy"?
I know's em all
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Heh. Fresh material. I'll be sure to ask him.
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Moist
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Proactive
Literally when used in a non-literal sense
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Faggot
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There's nothing wrong with faggots.
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In a call yesterday I heard someone refer to "blue sky thinking". I know it's a phrase not a word, but that's no excuse.
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the other four letter word for quim which starts with a c always used to be taboo but perhaps it’s been reclaimed?
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intersectional
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Gusset
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Crevice
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Farage
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Soft boiled egg (rof only)
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Emission
Secretion
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Spastic as an insult
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I meant it as a compliment.
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cruella de evil22 Feb 24 19:22
Spastic as an insult
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but dicksniffing window licker is still okay right?
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Accept cookies
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Panties
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Yeah I can’t stand that word Gwenners. Weirdo infantilising paedo Americanism.
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Schuchz it up. I don’t know how you spell it. Also glow up
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Cru we covered all those disability related insults on the thread about words that age you.
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"zhuzh". It's one of those polari terms that has made it into common discourse.
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I think the common playground insults of my childhood (poofter, spacker, mong) are probably frowned upon these days.
Of the more dictionary appropriate words i’d go for maw. Especially when preceded with ‘gaping’.
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Bazooka
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“With all the trimmings”
V poor definitions section. Pls deal.
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Lived experience
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Sit soft
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My truth
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Hottentot, apparently.
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The authorities making massive arses of themselves, as per.
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Let that sink in
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Iconic
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"buttery" leggings
Stop doing adverisers lies for them, idiots
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Escorts
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Fiscal event to refer to a budget statement
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Growler (unless you are talking about canines)
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Actress, apparently. I'm still not sure what happened to the word but all of them are actors, all of a sudden.
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Small plates
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Buttery Leggins sounds like a Bob Mortimer character
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Learnings
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Book of business
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Pay packet
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Pension pot
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My first job involved a pay packet, on a Friday. A half size manila with a fold of notes and a few coins inside. The deductions detailed on the front handwritten into a printed template. Good times.
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Oh absolutely, but an anachronism now. Lazy alliteration for the tab media
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Small plates
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Coochie
Also, Cookie.
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Price point
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Yum yums.
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Happy to jump on a call
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You fusking clothprunker...
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Meet cute
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'Reach out to'. No, I will contact them. I won't reach out to anyone.
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These times
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population paste
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New normal
Britain’s next prime minister, sir kier starmer.
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Cost of living crisis
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fanny to mean c.unt
I’m not ten years old
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Lineage, when used by music journos. It doesn’t prove you’re smart.
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bullace22 Feb 24 18:41
the other four letter word for quim which starts with a c always used to be taboo but perhaps it’s been reclaimed?
Reminds me of the one, "What is hairy on the outside, but wet on the inside? Starts with a C, ends with a T and has a U and N in it?"
Co-co-co-COCONUT!
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Corridor chat
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Meet with
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I/we/you got this!
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notlol
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Mutual agreement
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Maidstone
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Eddstone
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Journey
Other than going from a- b on a fooking map
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What is wrong with maple trees
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“Good work team”
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The word ‘team’ when used like that 👆
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To be honest
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Gamechanger
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Feedforward
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I was today years old when…..
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uptick
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I heard someone use "solutioning" for the first time on Tuesday. I'd heard rumours of this crime against language before but had persuaded myself that it was an apocryphal story. I wish I could say that maybe I misheard but the same person used it twice.
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Food of the gods
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g.unt although I hear this is being replaced by f.upa.
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You got this
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OG
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Townhall - not the edifice but the corporate top-down group announcement model.
We’re having a town hall where the David Solomon’s is going to explain the need for rationalising the workforce and the need for some brave decisions as we pivot away from…..
Oh ok - in 2009 I just told my parents they’d announced a mass redundancy. That seems to have become a taboo word btw - does with the GFC.
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Like all US corporate w**kspeak it’s stolen from an environment where its connotations are essentially benign. As in, an informal local meeting associated with the bedrock of democracy. Co-opted into a foul environment where it’s intended to have a disinfecting effect. But all it does is alienate people. The age-old one is “reaching out”, obvs. From hippy therapy, essentially.
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Rightsize
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Foo foo
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"Totes amazeballs"
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