Tuesday, May 30, 2006

have a good one

have a good WHAT, exactly?

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

princess

Ladies, please!

You are not a pretty princess or a modern princess or an urban princess or a principessa. You do not speak Italian, you do not wear a diamond tiara, you do not live in a palace, you did not descend from royalty.

And if a dark, handsome man approaches on his trusty steed, gallantly opening a door for you, he's more likely to give you a breathalyzer and a roadside suspension than to sweep you off to his castle.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

take away

a phrase I never want to hear in a meeting again - unless someone brought fish & chips.

see also - ask

Monday, May 08, 2006

fiercely

fiercely loyal
fiercely independent
fiercely intelligent

Can't people simply be loyal, independent, intelligent? Why must they also be fierce?

inherent

how did such a lofty word become inherently abused in common conversational use?

each and every

redundant cliché commonly used to make meaningless mass recognition sound unique and sincere, for example

I want to thank each and every one of you for your valuable contribution to our success.

Friday, May 05, 2006

thoughtware

My Web developer friend Chris, having just built a new section of the company Intranet from scratch, was asked by the project manager to publicly acknowledge two of her employees, because

"they know the Content, the links and the thoughtware behind what you have developed."

Thursday, May 04, 2006

girl power

written on overly snug, baby-doll Ts, stretched across the breasts of waifish women (grrrrls?) in tottery stillettos, clinging to the arms of their boyfriends.

grrrl

grrrr

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

support

a watered down buzz word increasingly misused to mean manage or lead, for example

National Support, supported by Carol Smith, welcomes the Wireless Support Team which moves over from Real-Time Management.

Monday, May 01, 2006

fashionista

which sounds, uncoincidentally, like fascist.

The fashionista shot her down for pairing this season's Manolos with last year's Versace.