Can we please avoid these? Ready made words and phrases are poor substitutes for expressing real ideas. If, in fact, there is a real idea to be expressed.
actionable
game changer
Get your game face on.
killing it
bringing it
disruptors
disruptive technology
Taking it to a whole new level.
Thinking out of the box.
The new normal.
At the end of the day.
The X is the new Y. As in, Orange is The New Black. Fifty is the new forty. And so on.
best practices
double down
iconic (internal link)
Speak truth to power.
issues (instead of saying problems)
bromance
manscaping
buzzed driving
takeaway. As in, taking away the best idea — although I have used this word.
extreme
He made a statement with that play.
bail. As in, “I’m going to bail.”
A boatload of money.
The real deal.
curated
Just saying.
That’s on you.
Developing country. (What’s wrong with third-world?)
artisan
artisanal
body shaming
fat shaming
gender shaming
Go for it.
I got this.
actionable
efforting
manspreading
dropped. As in, “Her new album just dropped.”
rocking. As in, “Rocking that t-shirt.”
slammed
thing. As in, “Designer popcorn is a thing.”
good to go
like a boss
throwing shade
dissing
innovated
get my head around it
processing. As “I am still processing that thought.”
off-putting
2 replies on “Current Clichés and Ugly Words”
I agree with you: language deserves being used in a precise fashion.
There’s an interesting (at least for me) but, though. I though about this after watching a Youtuber I enjoy. This guy is particularly good at talking: he has charisma, and can go on and on about any topic for hours if it need be. And the reason? He uses “cliches”. But what I mean is: instead of using language in a word-to-word way, he uses language in an “expression-to-expression” way, almost. And that’s precisely what lets him talk this effectively!
I thought that it was similar to the concept of “chunk”:https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/lecture/LurUJ/what-is-a-chunk
Interesting. I had to drop out when the video asked me to join. But the method to learn seemed promising.