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A Sexy What? 3 of the sayings that irritate me (big time).
These three sayings are at the top of my list when it comes to irritating descriptions. The first one conjures up wide boy salesman-speak; the second is people trying to be cool; and the third, while more bearable, is becoming overused.
Why do people latch on to so-called trendy speak and repeat these phrases to death? I will never know.
It will always happen that the human race finds phrases or words they love so much that they repeat them ad infinitum. But can I put in a plea for people to come up with unique phrases of their own instead of jumping on the phrasing bandwagon?
I get that business jargon will always exist and evolve. Years ago, I remember being in a meeting where the word ‘proactive’ was a big favourite. ‘Inappropriate’ is another big word for the 21st century. ‘Woke’ is another that is beginning to grate on me too.
For now, I will concentrate on these three abominations of modern times.
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I once worked for a communications company that also sold office equipment. I remember a particularly annoying training session on how to sell photocopiers.
