Words that disengage the brain:

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hiker282
hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
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Alright, these are words or phrases that are so commonly used that they automatically cause your brain to go into a state of inattentive nothingness whenever they are encountered. Here are some of mine:

Incentivize
Team Player
Stretegery
Goal Oriented
Civility
Open-mindedness
Starvation mode
Out of the box

That is as many as I can list until I reboot my brain. Your turn!
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  • wassalla
    wassalla Posts: 16 Member
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    urghhh......brain storming ZZzzzzzzz
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,858 Member
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    Synergy
    Own it, as in 'When I do something wrong, I own it.'
    Meta
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
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    Shoes
    Gossiping *
    " I can't eat 1200 cals"
    Skinny/fat/fit/purple women are less attractive

    *not a phrase, but a phenomenon I just can't get into.
  • trixirn
    trixirn Posts: 130 Member
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    Manage up
    in it to win it
  • itsrierie
    itsrierie Posts: 28
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    "diet" as in "I'm struggling with this diet..."
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,887 Member
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    Can't
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
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    Posted as a reply to my status:

    Yes, dear.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
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    epic. grossly overused.

    Homer's Odyssey: Epic
    A delicious burrito, a funny cartoon, a prank, anything on failblog: NOT epic.
  • ConnieM20
    ConnieM20 Posts: 493 Member
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    wicked.

    my professor uses this entirely too often
  • KimmyEB
    KimmyEB Posts: 1,208 Member
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    epic. grossly overused.

    Homer's Odyssey: Epic
    A delicious burrito, a funny cartoon, a prank, anything on failblog: NOT epic.

    LOVE THIS!!

    "Jelly" in place of "Jealous"
    "Prego" or "preggers" in place of "Pregnant."
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
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    I'm just sayin'- it's what people say when they want to continue talking but can't think of anything relevant to add.

    Whatev- saying "whatever" is bad enough because IMO, it's rude and dismissive, but "whatev"- is the speaker really so lazy that they can't be bothered to finish the word?

    Really/Seriously? - said in the b*tchy, snarky, snotty tone most commonly used by middle and high-school "mean girls".

    I tend to ignore whatever words come after any of these.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
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    -Dr. Oz says.....

    -Any discussion about TOM - leave the poor guy alone already.
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
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    "Jelly" in place of "Jealous"
    "Prego" or "preggers" in place of "Pregnant."

    Hadn't heard Jelly, but every time somebody says any of the pregnant variations, it makes me want to strangle some spaghetti.
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
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    Can't

    ^^^
  • sunrise611
    sunrise611 Posts: 1,850 Member
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    Alright, these are words or phrases that are so commonly used that they automatically cause your brain to go into a state of inattentive nothingness whenever they are encountered. Here are some of mine:

    Incentivize
    Team Player
    Stretegery
    Goal Oriented
    Civility
    Open-mindedness
    Starvation mode
    Out of the box

    That is as many as I can list until I reboot my brain. Your turn!

    A little bored at work are we? LOL
  • SteveHunt113
    SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
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    Ask - as a noun: "Here's my ask, can research the problem and get back to me with solutions?"
    Status - as a verb: "The problem is big, can you status it for them so they understand?"
  • DinoSaurous
    DinoSaurous Posts: 72 Member
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    "no offence but..." - and then carrying on to say something offending.

    As if putting that at the beginning is going to take the sting out of it!
  • Jenncoc86
    Jenncoc86 Posts: 203 Member
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    duuuude
    right?
    i was like...
    pundit (i dont know why )
  • Ostinatoarts
    Ostinatoarts Posts: 10
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    "Jelly" in place of "Jealous"
    "Prego" or "preggers" in place of "Pregnant."

    Haha ohhh goodness, I've never heard anyone use jelly in place of jealous, but now that I'm aware people do, I'm sure I'll hear it all over the place! That's horrible.

    My least favorite is "gay" when people are saying something is "not good". My high school band kids would use it and the conversation would go something like this (with multiple kids, not just poor insensitive Josh):

    Joshua: "OMG that's so GAY!"
    Me: "How would you like it if someone did that to you? OMG! That's so JOSHUA!"
    Joshua: "..."

    Stopped that practice pretty quick. :)
  • cessnaholly
    cessnaholly Posts: 784 Member
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    At the end of the day
    It is what it is

    Hate those.

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