What word or words cause instant eye glaze for you?

[Richardo]

Followed by a quick bailout of whatever reading material it is?

Me: 'epistemological' :boring:

[billyskank]

1. "Web 2.0"

:boring:

[Phillycat]

2. "Mortgage", "broker", "high yield", etc. I hate money.

:boring:

[Richardo]

3. Hey, janesez...

"amortization" :D

[Phillycat]

8. STOP THAT!

I had to look it up. :cry: :spank:

[Left Is Write]

13. Adjustable rate...annual percentage yield...effective interest rate...PITI...

You are getting very sleepy...

[Phillycat]

15. I just hit my head on my desk slipping into a coma!

Now you have that on your conscience. :spank:

[1gobluedem]

4. The instant I hear or read anything about 'growing' a company

Or something similar, my eyes glaze over, my mind goes numb and I refuse to read or listen to another word because I know it'll be laden with every other corporate buzzword the writer couldfind and make no sense whatsoever.

[hfojvt]

24. I hate that phrase, it sounds so grade school

Did it start in the business world. Suddenly economics in the 1990s was all about 'growing' the economy as economic growth became a verb. It just sounds like what a five year old would say 'I wanna grow my legos' instead of 'I want more legos.'

[SOteric]

5. 'Proactive'

[blondeatlast]

6. Empower. UGH. I hate that word, hate it, hate it! nt

[Little Wing]

7. compassion

empathy

ya know, the usual

[Patiod]

9. Manolo Blahniks.

I have a policy: if a book mentions a shoe by brand name (Jimmy Choo, Manolos, etc.) I stop reading right then and there. Good writing does not rely on brand names. Bad "chick lit" and other genres of crappy writing do. I enjoyed Candace Bushnall's "Sex & the City" columns in the NY Observer, but that was the last time I read anything with the word "Manolos" in it.

Sorry Jennifer Weiner. Sorry Lauren Weisberger. I'm sure you're good writers, but no brand names for me.

[Richardo]

21. I *like* that rule.

:thumbsup:

(Too show you my level of brand awareness, I had no idea what 'Manolo Blahniks' meant until I read your post.)

[Hugin]

10. six-sigma

It's a fact.

[Strawman]

12. yes, any HR/management speak

[izzybeans]

29. It makes me think of some kool-aid cult.

[KitchenWitch]

11. "think outside the box"

x(

[Bunny]

14. Well, let me see...

Okay, here are some: throbbing, member, heaving, bosom, oh wait a minute - you're not talking *that* kind of eye glazing, are you? :blush: :yoiks:

For me, any finance related word is enough for me. Even APR is too complicated.

:hi:

[Phillycat]

16. GMTA!

I definitely need my partner to deal with the money stuff. :hi:

[XNASA]

17. Polyoxyethylene-(20)- sorbitan monostearate

Damn emulsifiers put my right to sleep.

[Richardo]

22. I hate when they gratuitiously throw that around...

:grr:

[KitchenWitch]

18. "building wealth"

[youthere]

19. "Let us pray.." n/t

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. sooner rather than later

just drives me nutz

[Richardo]

23. And the Bushotic version: 'Weeks rather than months'

:eyes:

[Karenina]

25. But...

[kwassa]

26. Iraq

hate to say it, but there is nothing new to say about it that hasn't been said 8000 times already.

and talking about it changes NOTHING.

[MorningGlow]

27. Paradigm

Insert confused Scooby voice here.

...Oor?...

[swag]

28. "Spiritual"

[deepthought42]

30. "Sarah, can you do me a favor?"

Or

"Good morning/afternoon *** Companies."

Oh the joys of being a receptionist...