Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Base, On not touching

Using the phrase "Let's touch base" is grounds for getting a swift kick in the nads.
Posted by Sal at 12:50 PM

11 comments:

Suzanne said...

Uttering the word "utilize" in my presence is another oppotunity for pointy-toed nad kicking.

Intelligent people use small words to communicate; dumb people utilize big words poorly to obfuscate.

3:17 PM
Nicole said...

Totally agree. Especially when it concerns data mining.

3:25 PM
Anonymous said...

Then there's my personal favorite: "Let's talk about this off-line." (I especially love that one coming from the old fart who doesn't even GET on-line....)

3:53 PM
Librarian Girl said...

I'm not fond of "giving you a head's up" either.

I rant about librarian's overuse of "deliverables and outcomes" on my blog. "Why Meetings Suck." January 3rd.

4:15 PM
Anonymous said...

How about "we're good to go"... go where?

5:08 PM
Anonymous said...

Then there's "reporting out" at staff meetings. "I'd like to report out on the new catalog." Eewww.

1:08 PM
Anonymous said...

Pro-active?
Reflect back on?
Piggy back off of?
With au jus?
Please R.S.V.P.?

Wouldn't taking out the repeated user of some of these be grounds for a plea of justifiable homicide in most states?

10:16 AM
Sal said...

Maybe we should start making fun of people who use such horrid buzz words by using really outdated terms like 'information superhighway' with a straight face.

11:16 AM
Alice said...

How about "let's piggy back on her idea" or "paradigm shift"?

2:21 PM
Suzanne Bishop said...

I strongly object to utilizing proactive language, even if it has been committeed by a well orientated peoples.

8:16 AM
Anonymous said...

to go with paradigm shift, how about "pedagogies" - I can't even pronounce it properly :-)

12:12 AM

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