Faddish phrases that annoy you.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Not sure about phrases but the word "synergy" annoys me. It has taken on many meanings none of which is particularly specific.

[Karl Henning]

Not sure about phrases but the word "synergy" annoys me. It has taken on many meanings none of which is particularly specific.

Aye, it's become cant.

[Gurn Blanston]

Aye, it's become cant.

So, we cant work together synergistically any longer? Sad, that's a fail, bigly...

[Karl Henning]

So, we cant work together synergistically any longer? Sad, that's a fail, bigly...

Guess we never found compelling efficiencies to drive alpha!

[PerfectWagnerite]

So, we cant work together synergistically any longer? Sad, that's a fail, bigly...

Management loves that word. "Synergy" between different groups means half of one group and at least half of the other group will get axed.

[Brian]

The word "Edgy" make me want to stick a corkscrew......

Tortaco Does Dallas
Edgy concept fusing tortas, tacos and mezcal makes downtown debut Nov. 17

DALLAS (Nov. 18, 2016) – That rarest of rare gems – a truly original and distinctive restaurant concept – is made its downtown Dallas debut yesterday.

Tortaco is a casual, alternative-minded restaurant featuring a unique array of tortas, tacos, bowls and "other stuff" from the culinary imagination of award-winning Executive Chef Nico Sanchez of Meso Maya.

The label-defying interior – an offbeat fusion of hipster hangout, elevated biker bar and tattoo parlor – showcases a three-sided bar stocked with more than 90 mezcals and tequilas, from which expert mixologists create a wide selection of handcrafted premium mezcal cocktails. Suspended Edison bulbs illuminate the exposed, industrial-chic space, distressed concrete floors and funky furnishings. A spectacular street-side, open-air patio is perfect for lunch, after-work happy hours, relaxed dining and late-night cocktails.

[...]

"Tacos and tequilas are certainly extremely popular, and we are part of that movement," said Mike Karns, Chief Executive Officer of Firebird Restaurant Group, LLC. "Our concept vision for Tortaco was built around popularizing the torta and mezcal. We are not specifically a Mexican concept, but more a multi-cultural collision of sorts."

[Brian]

I think I've just read way too many liberal thinkpieces lately and literally all of them say things like "The new law could have disastrous consequences for queer folks" or "Over 70% of queer folks have faced discrimination" or something else that just grates massively on me due I guess to the inconsistent registers of language. (Also variants such as "black folks" or whatever, but I think I dislike "queer" more because where I was born that's still a slur.)

"Queer" is very strange because here in the US, it's also a slur, but it is additionally the preferred word of academics - you can study queer theory and take queer literature classes and specialize in queer history. I don't know of many other words that have such a split in connotation depending on who says them.

[Jay F]

The use of "queer" instead of "LGBT"

The use of LGBT or queer instead of gay and/or lesbian. I have heard references on TV series to an "LGBT couple" and an "LGBT household," each of which failed to help me create a mental picture of who the character was trying to describe.

I also heard some one say "based off" instead of "based on," which I found rather annoying.

[Karl Henning]

The horse is long gone from out that barn, but I will express—not annoyance—but a little disappointment that gay can probably never be just itself ever again.

My first long-term employment experience was in a bank, and the head teller's name was Gay.  I doubt you'll find many parents naming a daughter thus ever again in the US.

[North Star]

The horse is long gone from out that barn, but I will express—not annoyance—but a little disappointment that gay can probably never be just itself ever again.

My first long-term employment experience was in a bank, and the head teller's name was Gay.  I doubt you'll find many parents naming a daughter thus ever again in the US.

Nor a son 'Gaylord'. And I quite agree that gay is a fine word, and it would be nice to be able to use it to mean what it used to mean, but human rights are ultimately worth the annoyance of a new most commonly used definition for such fine word, I guess.

[Karl Henning]

Indeed.

[Gurn Blanston]

The horse is long gone from out that barn, but I will express—not annoyance—but a little disappointment that gay can probably never be just itself ever again.

My first long-term employment experience was in a bank, and the head teller's name was Gay.  I doubt you'll find many parents naming a daughter thus ever again in the US.

I miss it in the Christmas Carol "don we now our gay apparel..." will Deck the Halls ever be the same?  Gay is also a not uncommon last name. Is there fallout and angst over that too?  In any case, I also deplore the effective loss of a perfectly good word, an inoffensive word, which was co-opted as a euphemism, but was then turned into exactly the same sort of bias word as that which it intended to soften. *sigh*

[Gurn Blanston]

I would also take a moment to praise the correction of the misspelled word in the original thread title. I was going to use that as an example of annoyance though... 

[North Star]

I would also takew a moment to praise the correction of the misspelled word in the original thread title. I was going to use that as an example of annoyance though... 

Reminded me of Shostakovich...

[Gurn Blanston]

Reminded me of Shostakovich...

Hypothetically Irritating? 

[Karl Henning]

I miss it in the Christmas Carol "don we now our gay apparel..." will Deck the Halls ever be the same?  Gay is also a not uncommon last name. Is there fallout and angst over that too?  In any case, I also deplore the effective loss of a perfectly good word, an inoffensive word, which was co-opted as a euphemism, but was then turned into exactly the same sort of bias word as that which it intended to soften. *sigh*

I suppose it depends on context.  The source meaning can be unencumbered when singing don we now our gay apparel, or there are contexts in which there is winking enough that (while ethically neutral, I wish to clarify) the resonance is attached.

But kids without the cultural roots;  what goes on in their minds if they're asked to sing the carol?

I suppose there, too, it depends on context, and depends on . . . the mind.

[North Star]

Hypothetically Irritating? 

Fading.  0:)

[Parsifal]

"Queer" is very strange because here in the US, it's also a slur, but it is additionally the preferred word of academics - you can study queer theory and take queer literature classes and specialize in queer history. I don't know of many other words that have such a split in connotation depending on who says them.

As I understand it, it is a case of a 'marginalized' community taking possession of a slur word and making it positive in a different context. Similar to the use of the "n word" by some components of the African American community.

[Karl Henning]

Like "Quaker" 

[Parsifal]

But kids without the cultural roots;  what goes on in their minds if they're asked to sing the carol?

You think the kids would find it normal to say "don we now our festive apparel"?

Reminds me of the Seinfeld joke, relating to adverts for clothes detergent which brag about removing blood stains.

"Come on. You got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem right now. Maybe you ought to get the harpoon out of your chest first."