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Not so much a word, but a phrase:
"Lean in" to something meaning to embrace or accept a challenge. To persevere in spite of a difficulty. I don't know why, but this phrase irritates me. I have a feeling that Brene Brown popularized it fairly recently, because I think I've heard her say it and I've been noticing it a lot lately. It's a little vague, and gives an impression of something without actually saying anything. I get this mental image of a person actually leaning in to a conversation people are having in order to eavesdrop on it. The term distracts me. There are so many different words you can use. I wouldn't mind never hearing it again.
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OK I answered my own question. The term took off in 2013 when Sheryl Sandberg, a CEO, wrote a book about women being assertive in the workplace called Lean In.
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I have a phrase, too, but first: What happened to the rest of this subject? With all the previous words?
It has been around for a long time I thought, but this is "new".
A search for "words that need" comes up empty.
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Now I found monster's similar question down in Meta.
Weird.
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I have a new one, not a word but a phrase.
"Let's goooooo!" ... (when a good thing happens in youtube about a video game)
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eta: and yes, the original thread, started by me, has been disappeared. I can't find it anywhere, it's gone
Last edited by Flint (11/22/2023 3:42 pm)
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yeah mine's not a word either but I am so over IYKYK already. bang bang.
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So it looks like undertoad strikes from the grave.
Phrase to be shot:
"And make sure it never happens again."
Used mainly by politicians and news folk. Has it ever worked?
Last edited by Diaphone Jim (11/23/2023 11:56 am)