Words I am already sick of

"self-actualization"

Planful?
Seriously, planful?

Ye gods!

Someone recently mentioned 'canvass' as a new buzzword. I think it was Chai2, and I hope to never hear it again.

Planful is new (and idiotic), the other two are already getting old.

I've not heard that one before.

I assume it is intended as a noun; to mean my medium of expression.

I'm not sure it makes a good buzz word though because I can't see it being overused. There isn't that much cause to discuss mediums of expression in business. For it to be a good buzz word it most be capable of becoming ubiquitous. What far simpler and more expressive term does it replace?

lutulent

Sarah Palin

From the dictionary -
can·vass   /ˈkænvəs/ Show Spelled[kan-vuhs] –verb (used with object)
1.to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
2.to examine carefully; investigate by inquiry; discuss; debate.
–verb (used without object)

Sick of any words of more than three syllables that label the speaker as a would-be greenie: eg - sustainable macroecological biodiversity

"It is what it is"

gee, really?

"No". I keep hearing it over and over and over again.

Canvass is the thing wot they makes tentss out of???

"Tragedy" and I have been sick of it for a long time... It is the most obscene word in the language and it is always used to dismiss murder, as when a bomb is dropped on an apartment building full of women and children, and it is called a tragedy by those who drop it... It is not a tragedy, it is a crime; and to make it seem less than a crime is to minimize murder into a triviality...

This isn't new, but it does make me sick whenever I hear it

"No worries."

Often phrases used in foreign, but english speaking countries will find their way here to the States.

Referring to the US as "the States" is one as is "At the end of the day..."

"No worries," of course, originated in Australia where it fits in perfectly and sounds if not cute or quaint, than appealing.

Whenever I hear an American say it, it makes me feel like retching.

I wonder what US originated phrases have found new homes in places like Australia and the UK and which are despised by their locals as much as I hate "No worries?"

"Happy Holidays"
That is no way to celebrate Christmas!

Even if the holiday is one other than Christmas, e.g., the 4th of July,
u honor the holiday by recognizing it by NAME.

If it is Easter time and u wanna recognize and celebrate Easter,
u do so by name, explicitly, not by casting it down into anonymity.





David

Right, David, recognize it by name, instead of "Happy Holidays".
OK, Happy Christmasadventhanukkahsolsticeyuleeiddiwalisaturnaliastluciasdayststephensdayboxingdaymodranectyalda.
THAT, dear David, is why people say "Happy Holidays."

Tsk tsk. A language that doesn't evolve will soon be a dead language, of interest only to the occasional historian.

Forgot Hogmanaykwanzaanewyears

This is an attempt at humor?


That is a false statement, Jack.
It is an attack on Christmas in the name of alien multiculturalism,
subverting American traditions.

We let the aliens into our country (the legal ones)
and this is what we get for it.





David

There is no such holiday as "kwanza"; it is a commie fraud.





David