It might be a little early but let’s make our list of words we don’t want to hear in 2014.
Time online is asking readers to vote on a list of 15 annoying words or terms. “Selfie” is a must for any list of awful words, but what the hell is “FOMO?” I only just learned YOLO!
I may be too old and out-of-it to know all the linguistic outrages of 2013 (‘At the end of the day’ and ‘Reach out’ are perennials) but so far I’m on board with these:
Selfie
Hashtag
Because + noun
Kimye
Farm-to-table
Lean in
Millenials
Optics
Game-changer
Cultural Appropriation
Celeb
Instagram
Okay, you can see I need help. Suggestions?
Any variation of “babe”
UGH
Enrichment anything…..as in Enrichment Class, Enriched Learning. This is big in education in Australia at the moment.
Esoteric
I don’t know if this is actually a regular word being used or not but living with a particular stoner dude it’s one my ears are subjected to on an all too regular basis. It appears to be a blanket term for anything and everything related to religion, power and politics. It needs to die.
Loathe babe…
dust – Hahahaha, I hate “chunky knit” too!
Amy – There is no excuse for using ‘esoteric’ more than once every six months, if that.
I also hate “eclectic.” It’s constantly used by morons to describe their mundanely conservative style. Just because you shop at J-Crew and American Apparel does not mean you have a wide range of influences!
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Pop of color
LOLs – used as a spoken word
shits and giggles – as ‘just for shits and giggles (Is this just an Australian thing)
actioned
chart of the week
our external stakeholders
kpi
key contributor
action item
to dos
diarise
dashboard (for software system front page)
knowledge manager
flamboyant – when describing a gay man
I think it’s time for me to leave my job.
Diva
amazeballs
cray-cray
deliverables
totes
adorbs
onboarding
Anything Jesus related that shows up in my Facebook feed as in, “praise the risen lamb” or “He is King!” or my very favorite, “have a bless day”.
Oh, oh, oh: bromance!
“Keeping it real”
Which normally means, “I’m being rude to your face, but because I’m keeping it real, it somehow excuses my rudeness”
“mis-spoke”
No such thing, you said something dumb, or you lied and got caught.
“Totes bummed”
Totes are a brand of accessories; umbrellas, hats, gloves, scarves etc. If you’ve ever been so upset that you’ve filled your anus with one, or a mixture of any of these – don’t tell anyone, unless they are a medical professional.
I’m very amused by Time’s inclusion of ‘cultural appropriation’ as if this isn’t an actual problem and rather a whimsy to seek offense. Makes me wonder about your readers who left ‘male gaze’ and ‘check your privilege’ in comments.
Personally, I hate raw vegans inclusions of raw in otherwise normal words, the original and most egregious still being RAWSOME. Oh the punches to the jaw they all dreserve.
Impactful, going forward, handcrafted.