To Loathe the Phrase "Reaching Out"?

Another one "parenting" as a verb. Used by people who think being a parent is an art form.

Nope. Your kids turn out well (or not) in spite of your "parenting". Not because of it.

Refuted is one which is almost never used correctly, it's misused to mean denied.

I hate reaching out, awesome, my bad, cool, a bunch of, and all the rest of that imported insincerity.

But the worst of the lot is ‘talking around’ instead of about.

This is commonly heard in the community sector where they have developed a specific way of speaking in order to appear like winners in the ‘down with the people’ Olympics but in reality has the effect of making them appear smug and superior.

Can I add “deep dive “ 🤬🤬🤬

And it's a really intrusive hatred, so that I end up not actually listening to the fuckwit who's doing the "reaching out

Yes, it's like the emails that come round saying "tis the gifting season". They get deleted immediately.

You gift land, you give presents (or gifts). Or you donate things.

The Germans must be bemused by all our "gifting" as Gift is poison in German

100% agree with you, all this bollocks can fuck right off to where it came from. With all due respects we don't need all this shite.

This.

I hate 'reach out', can I get? and 'be kind' make me want to thump the speaker. I'm quite quick tempered so could be a problem.

I hate “suck it up, buttercup”. I also hate gives me the i*k so much so that I can’t type it!

Oooh, ooh, ooh, I thought of another one...'It eats well', said by food critics on MasterChef, but also creeping in among people who fancy themselves as food buffs.

No, your plate of something fancy with fennel on it doesn't 'eat well'. It is eaten! I would be somewhat concerned if my food ate well, I don't want to see my pizza munching the salad, thank you.

I agree wholeheartedly with the objections raised on this thread. I’d also like to add:

“Dropped” instead of “released”, e.g. Burberry dropped their new collection yesterday.” NO.

”For me” as a sort of rhetorical device - i.e. “That blouse looks lovely. But for me? It doesn’t work.” Awful.

I've noticed people using "reaching out" more and more. It is so irritating and cringey.

There are plenty of better alternatives.

The use of the word 'invite' incorrectly irks me. You don't receive or send an 'invite', because invite is a verb, not a noun. You might invite somebody to an event. To do that, you send them an 'invitation'. Why have we forgotten the difference between 'invite' and 'invitation'.

Just a small note on the 'homage' conversation. @Jux
Different words with the same endings have different pronunciations. It's a foible of the English language. The 'envisage' argument would only make sense if you could find me a single person who pronounces 'mirage' as 'mirridge'. Regional difference also comes into play, too. My family from North Lincolnshire say 'garridge'. Most in the South East say 'gararge'.

I hate each and every expression mentioned upthread.

And it's a really intrusive hatred, so that I end up not actually listening to the fuckwit who's doing the "reaching out".

And the faux ‘polite’ but completely incorrect grammar.

‘They gave their tickets to my husband and I’.

‘I suggested that yourself could help with the project’.

Ugh.

Thank you to everyone here.
Yes to it all.

Reaching out. Speaking to. My bad. Gentle reminder. Ping an email.

All of it makes my skin crawl. I also hate ‘checking in’ with someone.

Why does language have to evolve?? Just keep things as they are, please 🙏

Yes - I agree it's American parroting and really annoying.

It reminds me of that horrible phrase 'putting out feelers'. Ugh! Keep your reaching and your feelers to yourself.

‘Reaching out’ is the worst phrase used in business, I lose all respect for people who use it and do not engage with them if I can help it

I hate all of those stupid expressions. Also -

"showcasing" - her curves/talent/his hew hairstyle, etc
At the end of the day
Blue sky thinking
Journey - his weight-loss journey/her motherhood journey, etc.
Absolutely - just bloody well say yes!
Awesome - said about anything these days

I,m hearing more and more people using the phrase "called out".Even hear it said now in UK soaps such as Emmerdale and Coronation street.Usually used when somebody has been caught doing something underhand or wrong. The saying doesn't make any sense at all.And don't start me on "gotten" when all is needed is got..We would've got a ruler over the fingers of we wrote that word at school..I might as well mention "headed" instead of heading.You can't be headed anywhere if you haven't been there yet.."Ect"instead of etc.The list is endless.

MrsB, I remember a conversation I had with a bf/not-bf who was a journalist, about 25 years ago. He said 'homarge' to me and I automatically murmured 'homidge'. He took issue. I asked him if he was French or speaking French, he wasn't. He asked me how to pronounce 'visage' so I said 'visidge'. He was confused. I said I was speaking in English and therefore pronounced it in an English accent. He demurred. I asked him if he said 'Paree'; he didn't, that was apparently ridiculous. I said his pronunciation of words ending in 'age' was ridiculous, how did he say 'envisage' he said 'envisidge'. I laughed. He bought me a drink and we moved on to other topics (this is a bloke I said "I groove with your concept" to when he came out with a load of ridiculous PR Speak.)

So those awful pronunciations have been creeping in for 25 years. I still don't understand why someone would happily say 'envisidge' but insist on 'arge' for most other things (including visage).

The only thing worse than 'reaching out', in my book is, 'going forward'... 😬

I invited my brother to a family Zoom call and he said he wasn't sure whether he would "get buy in". I'd never heard that (ridiculous-sounding) expression before, so wrote back asking if it was a typo.

This is a timely thread.I just asked my husband to please leave our sitting room and go up to his office to participate in his conference calls.I cannot listen to any more of that gobbledygook .All these stupid phrases that are trotted out over and over.It all sounds so stage managed ,rehearsed and so fake.Its like nobody is and individual anymore.So so glad I don't work in the corporate world.I'd end up in a home for the bewildered after a month.

I hate it.
I don’t care where it came from. It’s not the nationality that bothers me but the unnecessary nature of it.