Words that need to be taken behind the woodshed and shot

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Posted by glatt
11/22/2023 8:32 am 		#1

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.

 
Posted by glatt
11/22/2023 8:41 am 		#2

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.

 
Posted by Diaphone Jim
11/22/2023 12:34 pm 		#3

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.

 
Posted by Diaphone Jim
11/22/2023 12:38 pm 		#4

Now I found monster's similar question down in Meta.
Weird.

 
Posted by Flint
11/22/2023 2:10 pm 		#5

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)

...

eta: and yes, the original thread, started by me, has been disappeared. I can't find it anywhere, it's gone
 

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Posted by monster
11/22/2023 4:48 pm 		#6

yeah mine's not a word either but I am so over IYKYK already.  bang bang.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by Diaphone Jim
11/23/2023 11:55 am 		#7

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?

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Posted by monster
8/31/2024 4:41 pm 		#8

trope

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
8/31/2024 4:44 pm 		#9

Flint wrote:

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)

...

eta: and yes, the original thread, started by me, has been disappeared. I can't find it anywhere, it's gone
 

I think you started the original thread in the original cellar, but UTI started the continuation here and so it disappeared with him
 

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by TheNeverWas
8/31/2024 9:08 pm 		#10

UTI...
snicker

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Posted by TheNeverWas
8/31/2024 9:11 pm 		#11

Impact, as a verb...

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Posted by monster
9/03/2024 8:31 pm 		#12



I see you were impacted by that

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by Diaphone Jim
10/16/2024 7:35 pm 		#13

Battleground state.

 
Posted by griff
10/17/2024 5:52 am 		#14

I've had enough.

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis Brandeis
 
Posted by Flint
10/17/2024 10:45 am 		#15

"addicting" instead of addictive

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Posted by monster
10/17/2024 8:26 pm 		#16

But that's such and impactive and utilizable word

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
10/17/2024 8:27 pm 		#17

Can we unpack it a bit?

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by monster
10/17/2024 8:31 pm 		#18

"Being Mindful of" is a phrase that needs attention in the woodshed area.  I refuse to be mindful of repetition if I have mentioned it before.  ....but I used it (to amuse myself) in an email to and interviewer who was being a twat and I suspect from their reply it even pissed them off which means it's definitely too powerfully irritating to be allowed to live

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by Flint
10/18/2024 4:58 pm 		#19

at the end of the day I think we have to chalk it up to human nature

(my horoscope said I'd get a fortune cookie which said that)
 

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Posted by monster
10/21/2024 8:23 pm 		#20

Flint wrote:

at the end of the day I think we have to chalk it up to human nature

(my horoscope said I'd get a fortune cookie which said that)
 

only if Mercury is in retrograde

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by Flint
10/22/2024 4:30 pm 		#21

I don't understand the joke. Sorry, I'm a Capri Sun.

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Posted by xoxoxoBruce
10/22/2024 8:04 pm 		#22

C'mon you guys, these phrases are exceedingly useful.
They are excellent indicators of how much bullshit is woven into the statement being run up the flagpole.

 Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose.
 
 
Posted by monster
10/22/2024 8:13 pm 		#23

Flint wrote:

I don't understand the joke. Sorry, I'm a Capri Sun.

well I'm half Libral half Virginal so on balance we're not fucked ....(probably something worse)
 

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 
Posted by Diaphone Jim
4/09/2025 11:13 am 		#24

This thread needs a boost every six months or so.
I have heard enough of "Thank you SO much."
I got it yesterday for holding a door.
And this morning on a radio interview introduction. "Thank you so much for joining us." "Thank you so much for having me."

 

 
Posted by tw
4/09/2025 12:02 pm 		#25

Honesty.  The word was murdered long ago.
 

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