What is a word that you dislike and/or associate with negative things, when most people would not say the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Life coach. Motivational speaker.

Most people don't do anything they don't want to do unless they face serious consequences. And they will do some really horrible stuff unless they face serious consequences.

Oh, now you’ve made me write ‘influencer.’ Who makes up these words and why do we all start using them?…

[Anonymous]

The optics of the situation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Promulgate - I have an MA/BA in Classics (Latin) so I have a robust understanding of the etymology of the word. It basically means 'cause to come out in the way milk does from a cow'. Since I grew up on a farm with dairy cattle, it's an image I can't get out of my head when it's used.

I used to edit history textbooks in grad school. There is at least one Asian language where "promulgate" must be the most direct translation of some legal concept, and many of our authors were first language speakers of languages like Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. There was so much promulgation all over the place, and it really was just what the authors meant.

Surely not! Have you ever seen an animal milked? I'm not talked machine milking. I'm talking grasping teats with your hands and squeezing in a rolling, downward motion. Ita pretty specific image and not one I'd associate with most Asians unless they're yak herders.

[Anonymous]

Preggo and its cousin preggers 🤮

[Anonymous]

The names Bruce and beth

[Anonymous]

Reach out. As in “I’m just reaching out to touch base on status.” It makes me picture a pair of scraggly zombie hands plunging out from the darkness, reaching for my flesh. “Get in touch” is similarly haunted for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reach out. As in “I’m just reaching out to touch base on status.” It makes me picture a pair of scraggly zombie hands plunging out from the darkness, reaching for my flesh. “Get in touch” is similarly haunted for me.

Damn. I am zombie-ing people all day long and never knew it. Can't stop. Won't stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babe

+100

+ infinity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fetch. As in, “Could you fetch the milk for me?” UGH.

What about “that is so fetch”?

Different. And funny.

[Anonymous]

Curate(d). Just - NO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Privilege
Diversity
Woke

(all are overused)

I agree. They are overused by RWNJs vs actual liberals.

Wow, do you have that backwards. But you knew that.
DP

[Anonymous]

gazillion

[Anonymous]

being more mindful

you need to absorb the moment

Holistic approach

Lean in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babe

+100

+ infinity

My husband and I started calling each other “Babe” ironically, but now it’s starting to become real and I don’t know who we are anymore

[Anonymous]

“. . . not religious, but very spiritual.”

What is that even supposed to mean?