to be sick to death of wanky language?!

[PyongyangKipperbang]

Late shift so cant sleep and this has been bugging me.

Loads of examples I am sure but the two that are currently pissing me off is "curating" and "sourcing".

When did "buy new clothes" become "curate a fresh wardrobe". I do not curate, I am not a curator. I need clothes, I buy clothes, I wear clothes. End of. Also clothes do no go off, they go out of fashion but if that is the case then you are buying the wrong clothes, timeless classics never go out of fashion. You do not need "fresh" clothes.

When did "going to do the big shop" become "sourcing ingedients". Has anyone ever said "I am going to Tesco to source our ingredients"? Have they fuck! If I am making stew or salad or lasagne or.....dog shit on toast (an option I have occassionally offered the kids when they were pissing me off about dinner options) I will go shopping and buy what I need. I do not "source" beef and vegetables, or lettuce or bloody pasta. I will concede that the dog shit may need more in the way of sourcing.

You need stuff. You buy stuff. Why the need for bullshit language to make this boring life task into an "experience".....actually that's another one, I didnt "experience" a restaurant or a stately home or whatever, I visited it.

Now I cant sleep even more because venting has made me more angry!

Our school uses 'source' for a lot of homework tasks and it works eg

For this week's task you'll need to source 6 small items to use as counters.

If they say 'get' 6 items then parents stand at the school doors like zombies waiting for the teachers to hand them out or will go out specifically and buy 6 counters and complain about it.

I get so annoyed when people say "super" instead of "very", "really" or similar.

It's super beautiful....
It's super clever..... (yeah but you clearly aren't!)
It's super outrageous....

You get the idea!

Also, sounds like a 12 year old talking.

I absolutely detest the word 'headspace'.

This is something I do not find super annoying (grrr!). I find it VERY annoying.

‘Unpacking’ feelings/situations..I hate this.
‘A lot of emotions we need to unpack’ wtaf

What's wrong with VERY? Why is everything suddenly super XYZ?

^^This! Was just coming on to gripe about this. No, you aren’t “reaching out” to me. You’re sending me an email for fuck’s sake. Arghhhhh!

‘My truth’

Especially when it’s used to try and shut down any debate about opinions.

The wankiest I’ve seen was someone with multiple ear piercings pontificating about “curating” her piercings.

Bloody hell - it’s just earrings.

Oh yes. There's a thread on here call 'show me your curated ears' or something similar. Most examples contained within are what I would class as a random assortment of earrings in an ear rather than anything curated with attention and care.

Recycled is another hate when it's used in the context of clothing and wearing something more than once.

I also loathe this trend for turning words into verbs - gifting and newness, I'm looking at you.

I find fashion language is often ridiculous, but I am not into fashion so I accept I’m not the target audience. Why must people talk about ‘pieces’ rather than just naming the item of clothing?

My adult son actually said ‘we both have some work-ons’ to me after we were discussing how we communicate.
He fully on-boarded my suggestion that he fuck off with his wanky business speak as one of his work ons.
(We were both laughing and it wasn’t a bad tempered discussion btw!)

I see your wanky examples, and I raise you:

Vegan leather. That would be what we used to call plastic then?

‘A trouser’
I usually wear a pair of trousers…

Oh god yes "I can speak to this presentation". Fine, if you like. i'm sure it'll be happy to hear from you.

Speak about! ABOUT!!!

Translation until fairly recently was saying speak to in this context = "I have been on a management course and I think this makes me sound like I'm part of the management people " but I think it's entering the mainstream.

Style and Beauty on here is a good place to find Wanky language.

'A black trouser'
'A red lip'
'A ballet flat'

🤮

Sourced is a load of bollocks. You didn't go to the source, ie the manufacturer or original farmer off your own bat and with no assistance.

See also

Life hack and meal prep. It's tips and cookery.

Someone may have already got this in, but ‘gifting’ drives me wild. Gift is a noun. To give is the verb. Why have we verbified the noun?

Never heard anybody use the word curate or source in the contexts mentioned.

The one that drives me mad is people using myself and yourself when they mean me and you. You just sound like an arsehole.

’I’ll send it to yourself’

FUCK OFF. What is wrong with saying you!!!!

I really dislike the use of ‘speak to’ in phrases like: ‘The talent and enthusiasm on display in this competition speaks to the country’s enormous human capital.’

Why not ‘exemplifies’ or ‘demonstrates’?

Oh god yes 'prep' really annoys me

Everything is 'prep'. What's wrong with 'getting ready'?

The word ‘hardware’ to describe buckles, chains and buttons on bags/clothes.

’Wearing’ bags.

Agree. It reminds me when the word ‘passion’ was used all the time instead of hobby or interest

Ah, I see others have already mentioned ‘speaks to’. I just instantly switch off when someone uses it.