I hate when people use the word "gift" as a verb. We already have a perfectly good word for that.
I cannot bear "corporate speak" nonsense like:
"the ask here is" or "that's a big ask" (no, ya bellend, it's a request)
"in the go-forward" (seriously?! have we forgotten the word future? and yes, I genuinely see/hear people intentionally use this. often.)
"please leverage this tool" (why can't I just fucking use it?)
"we're in delivery phase" (no, dolt, we are in production. we are currently making it. we will deliver it when it's complete)
"you have these 4 deliverables" (nope, I have these 4 tasks. my browser doesn't even know that "word")
"we need 4 resources on this" (we are people you monster)
"In the go forward, the big ask is that we leverage our delivery skills to reduce deliverables for our resources."
Fuck you, mate. That means nothing. You've just said absolutely nothing.
WHY on EARTH do corporations feel the need to re-appropriate and redefine and completely make up words? It sounds stupid and infantile, not at all sophisticated or smart. My office's parent company is the worst about this; they constantly completely re-define common words. Every corporate email makes me stabby. Then again, my company is like a farce of corporate life. Every day at work is like a comedy sketch that isn't even funny anymore because it went too far.
The new & very American trend for saying "I feel like" instead of "I think"
@SoConfused OH NO! I do that sometimes! Oh please stop me!! 