I have one phrase that burns me, and that phrase is “You are just so articulate.” Can someone please tell me what that means? I swear it is a back-handed compliment if I ever heard one. I, however, read this article 6 Words You Need To Eliminate From Your Professional Vocabulary and thought, oh, this may be what they mean; since these words often bug me.
- Honestly: When I hear it, I think “Were you previously lying about something?”
- Just: the words “just” sounds juvenile
- Sorry: Whenever I heard the word I hear my papa saying “Gal, never say you a sorry person, always say you apologize. “ I also think the phrase” I apologize” sounds like you’re taking more ownership of your mistakes and that you can offer a solution.
- Hopefully: Is not a word for the work place, simply make it happen
What word or phrase bugs you?
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Oh, how I agree with you 🙂 . I often find that phrase to be a passive aggressive exclamation mark.
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Absolutely and agree totally with your post.
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Thank you for taking the time out to read my post.
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‘..but..’ and ‘…however…’. Most rejection letters to my submissions come with those.
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Good ones, I often think those are gateway words to back hand complements.
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Moving forward is an old chestnut. Sometimes there seems to be so much industry jargon that I play buzzword bingo on conference calls …
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I agree and embarrassing for those who toss out acronyms and jargon but are caught in the headlights when a well-meaning individual says “What’s does that stand for?”
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I don’t like the trend of starting a sentence with “So.” It startles me. I feel like I missed something.
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I agree with you on this one it also strikes me as very juvenile 😊
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