A lady at my work place, in the cube next to mine always says “Maaavelous” with a fake British accent. I am so sick of hearing it that I get goosebumps every time . For instance, this morning:
Some other words/phrases that I can’t stand to hear/readPerson: Karen, John was looking for you. He says he’ll come by after his 10:00 meeting
Karen: “Maaavelous”
Me:![]()
- Whatchamacallit
- Whatshisface/whatsherface
- Literally
- Shaxaari, thanks to Snet abusing it.
- “You have a collect call from…”
- A lot of the nonsense that people around the workplace say/write to sound smart like:
- Leverage
- “Positioned/well positioned” (ex: we’re well positioned to leverage our B.S. into more B.S.)
- Strategies
- Integrated solutions
- Service model
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