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skypilot

(8,854 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:09 PM Sep 2020

I am getting tired of the word "Pivot"/"Pivoting".

Having a Zoom meeting right now and it has already been used twice. Just sick of this word lately. That is all.

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I am getting tired of the word "Pivot"/"Pivoting". (Original Post) skypilot Sep 2020 OP

Net net, at the end of the day, these buzzwords wear out due to lazy minds. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #1

I am tired of the new buzz word : inflection point. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #2

There's A Lot to Unpack Here... jayfish Sep 2020 #3

... Javaman Sep 2020 #4

I thought of that scene too. LOL! Catherine Vincent Sep 2020 #7

I'm sick of the word "unprecedented" blueinredohio Sep 2020 #5

Not used much accept in the military.. "Legacy" Our "legacy ships".... aka old ahh new speak.. mitch96 Sep 2020 #6

I actually hear LEGACY used quite a bit... skypilot Sep 2020 #8

I'm tired of the world "woke" Catherine Vincent Sep 2020 #9

"Full stop" gets to me. Jake Tapper uses it a lot Sewa Sep 2020 #10

I'm tired of he/she said.. Rice4VP Sep 2020 #11

C_U_L8R

(45,019 posts)

1. Net net, at the end of the day, these buzzwords wear out due to lazy minds.

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:11 PM

Sep 2020

So they pivot to a new one. Sorry.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)

2. I am tired of the new buzz word : inflection point. nt

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:12 PM

Sep 2020

jayfish

(10,039 posts)

3. There's A Lot to Unpack Here...

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:14 PM

Sep 2020

so let's stick a pin in it and pivot towards another buzzword.

Javaman

(62,533 posts)

4. ...

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:15 PM

Sep 2020

Catherine Vincent

(34,491 posts)

7. I thought of that scene too. LOL!

Reply to Javaman (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:54 PM

Sep 2020

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)

5. I'm sick of the word "unprecedented"

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 03:06 PM

Sep 2020

mitch96

(13,924 posts)

6. Not used much accept in the military.. "Legacy" Our "legacy ships".... aka old ahh new speak..

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:49 PM

Sep 2020

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

8. I actually hear LEGACY used quite a bit...

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:58 PM

Sep 2020

...to denote something old, outdated or soon to be outdated. I work in a library and I hear it a lot.

Catherine Vincent

(34,491 posts)

9. I'm tired of the world "woke"

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:19 PM

Sep 2020

Definitely overused.

Sewa

(1,257 posts)

10. "Full stop" gets to me. Jake Tapper uses it a lot

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:27 PM

Sep 2020

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)

11. I'm tired of he/she said..

Reply to skypilot (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:13 PM

Sep 2020

“the quiet part out loud”. When did this become a thing?

I’m also tired of “speaking truth to power”

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