10 most annoying words and phrases 2023

[Beebo]

Living my best life. No you’re not, you bell end!

What annoys me about people living their best lives is that it often comes at the expense of other people’s right to their own enjoyment.

 

[Dadam]

"Leverage" as a verb. "We will leverage our AI tech to improve our blah.."
Another corporate Americanism, or American corporatism.

You mean "use" you numpty!

 

[mustang1]

Listening to R2 they mentioned that a poll has been completed and a shortlist of 10 has been drawn up.
You know.....
words like GOAT
phrases like "think outside the box"
So...
Feel free, what are yours?

I actually like "think outside the box" (and similar management phrases) because it shows me who the useful idiots are. Or perhaps just idiot.

 

[mustang1]

"Leverage" as a verb. "We will leverage our AI tech to improve our blah.."
Another corporate Americanism, or American corporatism.

You mean "use" you numpty!

Pivot.

Also means I agreed up so now we have to pivot (away from the mistake).

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

''We are where we are.'' Always seems to be used to ignore how we got into the mess in the first place. It's a way of never sorting things.

 

[Dadam]

I actually like "think outside the box" (and similar management phrases) because it shows me who the useful idiots are. Or perhaps just idiot.

"Let's run this up the flagpole and see who salutes it!"

 

[mustang1]

Bottom.

Just say ass, or backside. Butt bottom?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Bottom.

Just say ass, or backside. Butt bottom?

Derrière. Pretentious? Moi? Surely not...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Can I get?

I frickin' hate that one....

 

[Dogtrousers]

One relative newcomer is "to be across" something, meaning to be informed about it, or to have the matter in hand. "We need to leverage AI" "Don't worry, I'm across it"

It's not all that new, not 2023 vintage but it wasn't around 10 years ago.

It doesn't annoy me, but I have noticed it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I frickin' hate that one....

It's SO not cool.

 

[Dogtrousers]

"Eating your own dog food" is a corporate speak phrase I rather like.

I first came across it a few years ago when I updated my Android phone software and one of the standard app icons had a paw print on it. I investigated further and found that for some unknown reason I'd received an internal testing release of the app, for testing by Google staff (eating their own dog food).

 

[FishFright]

One relative newcomer is "to be across" something, meaning to be informed about it, or to have the matter in hand. "We need to leverage AI" "Don't worry, I'm across it"

It's not all that new, not 2023 vintage but it wasn't around 10 years ago.

It doesn't annoy me, but I have noticed it.

Nothing from here is from 2023 and a good proportion are from the previous millennia.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Nothing from here is from 2023 and a good proportion are from the previous millennia.

Indeed

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Go hard. (Not what you might be thinking.)

Apparently, it means printing something from the digital realm and thereby producing a hard copy eg a poster.