Phrases / words / buzzwords you hate

[SnakeCharmer]

In no particular order...

"If done properly, it can work" (no shit, thanks for that Captain Obvious)
"Polished"
"Iterative"
"LAWLZ"

[Samwise]

"Going forward".

[SnakeCharmer]

Anything from Portal.  So frakin' overused.

[stray]

Hella -- Well, not really hate. I just don't understand what it's supposed to be a contraction of.

i.e. "That's hella cool, man" Hell of cool? Huh?

[Paelos]

"Let me axe you something."
"Irregardless"
"Go Pats"
"Go Yankees"
"Go Sox"
"Taking it to the hole"
"Word"
"Killer App"
"They came here to play"
"Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas"

[cmlancas]

Anything that is a substitution of a full word with a few exceptions: brb, afaik, ymmv, etc.

I refuse to take anyone seriously who types u instead of you. 

[Rasix]

"it is what it is"
any form of "console lol". Get a new rallying cry you bitter babies.
"grillz"
Just about any Ace Ventura (hell, anything Jim Carey has ever said) or Swingers quote delivered very poorly.  Which is just about always.
"family values"

[stray]

See, I've got a buddy who's so freakin' shitty to himself, that I can't help but tell him that he's "Money" all the time. You'll have to excuse me.

[schild]

I'm not a big fan of "self-empowerment."

[Rasix]

See, I've got a buddy who's so freakin' shitty to himself, that I can't help but tell him that he's "Money" all the time. You'll have to excuse me.

Your new avatar is hella cool.

[Bunk]

I have one I use all the time that I just hate, but can't seem to completely banish from my vocabulary: Starting sentances with "It's like,"

My manager also bugs me about using phrases such as "Honestly," or "To be honest,"

I am however proud of the fact that I help to keep the expression "hey dude" alive.

[Yegolev]

Interactive
Agile
Offshore
SOX Freeze
Manifesto
Aligned with the Core Values
Revisit
"We are gathering _______ statistics and need your help..."
Debrief
Cascade to your teams
Going forward...
"... your process/documentation ..." from people not in my group/universe
iStuff

I'm sure there are more.

[Wershlak]

I'm getting sick of hearing "At the end of the day" recently.

[Nevermore]

Extreme

[stray]

I have one I use all the time that I just hate, but can't seem to completely banish from my vocabulary: Starting sentances with "It's like,"

My manager also bugs me about using phrases such as "Honestly," or "To be honest,"

I am however proud of the fact that I help to keep the expression "hey dude" alive.

Oh, I've got the "It's like", "I'm like" thing going on too. I'm a male bow head.

Just used it actually! "I'm like, Courtney, wtf are you sending me pics of chicks' asses at 3:00 AM for?"

Instead of "honestly", it's always "seriously.." for me.

[Mrbloodworth]

"next Generation"

[stray]

Generation X

Damn, I hate that one. Especially on Church billboards. "Generation X Youth Service Thurs 8:00 PM!"

[bhodi]

Just GIS for buzzword bingo.

[Signe]

Words:
Sausage
Lube
ooze

Phrases:
Lubed sausage
Oozing lubed sausage
Oozing lubed uber sausage

Buzzwords:
conversate
baby's mama
genocide but only when it's not genocide

[Tale]

Leverage, used as a verb in business speak, "to leverage", as in "we will leverage our existing investment to ramp up production".

There is no such verb. The verb is "to lever". Leverage is a noun, meaning the effect you get from using a lever. When you are using a lever, you are levering, not "leveraging".

Matter of fact, whenever I hear a phrase like "we will leverage our existing investment to ramp up production" (typically with liberal use of "going forward"), I know I'm listening to someone out of their depth.

[Sky]

Actually
My bad
To be honest with you
Awesome
Like
u
2.0
Hells yeah
Peace out
What up

Signe: once, when I was managing the docks at walmart, I made a badge for one of my guys. I cut up the words from other badges and made him the "Lubed Meat Receiver". And made him wear it until I got in trouble. I used to get in a lot of trouble there.

Tale: Bzzt.

–verb (used with object)
5.   to exert power or influence on.
6.   to provide with leverage.
7.   to invest or arrange (invested funds) using leverage.

[schild]

What about "Word out" and "Peace up."

I'm a big fan of fucking up colloquialisms.

Also, I hate the word buzzword.

[Tale]

Tale: Bzzt.

–verb (used with object)
5.   to exert power or influence on.
6.   to provide with leverage.
7.   to invest or arrange (invested funds) using leverage.

Added to the dictionary because of widespread erroneous use. I have lost the battle. Older dictionaries will not have it.

[Reg]

"People are broken."

"Risk vs. Reward"

Two horribly over-used phrases from amateur mmog developers everywhere.

[stray]

Actually
My bad
To be honest with you
Awesome
Like
u
2.0
Hells yeah
Peace out
What up

What up is a favorite. Speaking of which..

"Fave"...

That shit is gayer than Wham!. Speaking of which too..

I really hate using "gay", but somehow, it's appropriate in "fave's" case.

[Bunk]

Guy who sits behind me at work speaks German as his first language, but you normally would never notice, his English is that well spoken. Except for certain expressions. My favorite is "I rest assure you". I don't have the heart to correct him.

[stray]

I believe Germans, out of any foreigners, pick up English better than anyone. Some even have what could almost be a middle American surburban accent. Not sure why that is though.

[lamaros]

Outcomes.

[Merusk]

Words:
Sausage
Lube
ooze

Phrases:
Lubed sausage
Oozing lubed sausage
Oozing lubed uber sausage

Buzzwords:
conversate
baby's mama
genocide but only when it's not genocide

The conversations you have where these phrases occur often enough to bother you?  I can only imagine them in my deepest, darkest most twisted recesses of my brain.


I'll agree with the "Honesty..." and "To be honest..." and raise everyone a "You know?" and "Tail wagging the dog."

[Oarix]

If magic were real, I would create the following spell:

Title: "No Monty Python - Holy Grail Quotes (aura)"
Description:  All those within the aura will emit nothing but silence when attempting to utter a Holy Grail reference.
Level:  5
Type:  Buff
Range: 20'
Casting time:  Instant
Duration: 30 minutes
Recast Time - 30 sec.
Mana Cost:  10

Now, of course, this was my original plan.  My friend Ty, however came up with a better idea.  Instead of silencing all Holy Grail quotes within 20', it would change the quote to a 'Life of Brian' one.

Observe:

****

Traffic Cop: "License and registration, please, sir."

Monty Python Fan: (to himself) I know! This would be the perfect time for me to use "Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

Monty Python Fan: (clears throat as he hands over his license) "All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

Traffic Cop: "Sir?"

Monty Python Fan: (stunned) "I...I don't know..."

[lamaros]

I believe Germans, out of any foreigners, pick up English better than anyone. Some even have what could almost be a middle American surburban accent. Not sure why that is though.

Because the languages are the most closely related? 'Mine name ist Lamaros.' Not much translation required there...

And some context for my earlier contribution:

Kevin Rudd described his election victory as their "desired election outcome". No fucking shit. Redundant stupid fucking language.

[Nebu]

NUK-U-LAR

AXE

Synergy

Dovetail

[stray]

I believe Germans, out of any foreigners, pick up English better than anyone. Some even have what could almost be a middle American surburban accent. Not sure why that is though.

Because the languages are the most closely related? 'Mine name ist Lamaros.' Not much translation required there...

I understand why they can pick up the language itself, but the accent is another thing. Many German people I know (as well those observed on TV) almost sound American. Not British, but American. So I'm wondering why that is.

[naum]

Web 2.0

Honestly/TBHWY (trying to completely free myself from this too tho…)
 
Social Networking

With. People who truncate the sentence that is -- as in "Are you going with?" instead of "Are you going with me?"…

"Been there. Done that."

[Signe]

I say "honest" so that people know the difference from when I'm lying.  How can people not like the word "honest"?  I also am not crazy about the word "buzzword" and almost included it but thought people would think I was just being silly.  I think I don't like buzzwords in general, especially the ones that have to do with self-help.  Especially Oprah words.  Self-esteem, therapeutic, enabler, etc.  They make whatever point you're trying to make sound insincere.