New buzz words. Where do they come from?

[slowmotion]

Recently, you could barely get through a thread on CC without encountering a blizzard of "mansplainings" and "victim blaming". Now, a howling storm of "anecdata" almost flattens you.

Who are the clever people who come up with this stuff?

 

[User6179]

Recently, you could barely get through a thread on CC without encountering a blizzard of "mansplainings" and "victim blaming". Now, a howling storm of "anecdata" almost flattens you.

Who are the clever people who come up with this stuff?

Chillax

 

[robjh]

Dunno, but it sounds like virtue signalling to me.

 

[slowmotion]

Chillax

No need to worry on that front, old bean.

 

[Poacher]

Recently, you could barely get through a thread on CC without encountering a blizzard of "mansplainings" and "victim blaming". Now, a howling storm of "anecdata" almost flattens you.

Who are the clever people who come up with this stuff?

Verbigens.

 

[slowmotion]

The publishers of the OED?

The OED merely reports them. Surely,it doesn't grow them in some fertile Growbag?

 

[slowmotion]

That is exactly what they want you to believe.

 

[Levo-Lon]

So at the start of a sentence , Like all the way through the sentance..this is when FFS works well

 

[slowmotion]

So at the start of a sentence , Like all the way through the sentance..this is when FFS works well

That's just umming and aahhing to buy time when trying to think when your mouth is on automatic. It's the important clever words that interest me.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Life changing injuries,life changing win on the lottery,life changing decisions,life changing job,life changing....

 

[User482]

In an interview last week, a candidate told me about a shared adventure on the customer journey.

 

[Levo-Lon]

That's just umming and aahhing to buy time when trying to think when your mouth is on automatic. It's the important clever words that interest me.

That's all well and good but im neither

 

[rich p]

Don't blame me. I've never had an original thought.
The USA?

 

[Accy cyclist]

"Guys". Someone came in here the other day. "Can you guys (addressing mostly OAP's) tell me who's in charge"?,they asked. I looked at one of the old boys and we both thought. feckin' idiot!

 

[slowmotion]

In an interview last week, a candidate told me about a shared adventure on the customer journey.

My thoughts and prayers go out to you at this time.