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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:40 PM

driver8 (12,710 posts)

25. "Having said that" or "That being said..."

Drives me up the fucking wall!!

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
What are the dumbest jargon-y phrases and words that annoy you most? [View all]	arbusto_baboso	Jul 2012	OP
Been away from the business world for a while. The ones that annoyed me most were:	ohiosmith	Jul 2012	#1
I thought "Helicopter it" meant twirling your male part.........	panader0	Jul 2012	#35
It does! Woo, woo woo....!	ohiosmith	Jul 2012	#38
Politics is the worst for this.	Archae	Jul 2012	#2
But without "spin", we can't call it the "spin cycle"	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#50
"Marketecture". I liken it to dog shit. Don't step in it.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#3
"Shooting" someone an email	arcane1	Jul 2012	#4
that work environment would be toxic to an English teacher	NJCher	Jul 2012	#15
last para -- sad	Bertha Venation	Jul 2012	#32
I can't stand "circle back". I ain't got time for circling...	bluesbassman	Jul 2012	#5
Do you have time for circle jerks?	kentauros	Jul 2012	#53
LOL. Of course!	bluesbassman	Jul 2012	#61
"Touch base". I grew up playing ball and it meant something then	NightWatcher	Jul 2012	#6
Pretty much spot-on	Populist_Prole	Jul 2012	#28
"Job Creator"	redwitch	Jul 2012	#7
God Particle	HarveyDarkey	Jul 2012	#8
Amen	caraher	Jul 2012	#22
God Particle	kentauros	Jul 2012	#54
"At the end of the day...". nt	Bonobo	Jul 2012	#9
beat me to it, bonobo	SCantiGOP	Jul 2012	#11
That phrase is my pet peeve. I cringe when I hear it. n/t	RebelOne	Jul 2012	#26
"I'm down with that"	Mopar151	Jul 2012	#52
I'm getting burnt out on "Doubling down"	OriginalGeek	Jul 2012	#10
For starters, any noun used as a verb.	Bertha Venation	Jul 2012	#12
yes	NJCher	Jul 2012	#16
It's because the corporate world is infused with magical thinking.	6000eliot	Jul 2012	#34
"pulling the trigger" on a project or deal. (nt)	ehrnst	Jul 2012	#13
"It is what it is"	TrogL	Jul 2012	#14
Bingo!	Rambis	Jul 2012	#17
I hate, hate, hate that one	FloridaJudy	Jul 2012	#59
"Ask" as a noun.	geardaddy	Jul 2012	#18
The managerial-seminar abomination: "My ask of you is that..."	Aristus	Jul 2012	#19
Any of the obfuscatory, duplicitous bullshit that is used	hifiguy	Jul 2012	#20
"Visioning" is definitely on my shit-list, too	Lucy Goosey	Jul 2012	#21
Who's baby is that? What's your angle? I'll buy that.	JBoy	Jul 2012	#23
I'd buy that for a dollar!	kentauros	Jul 2012	#55
'invite' instead of invitation bugs me...	Ron Obvious	Jul 2012	#24
"Having said that" or "That being said..."	driver8	Jul 2012	#25
Silo thinking	sharp_stick	Jul 2012	#27
Lets Take It Offline	sharp_stick	Jul 2012	#29
I thought it meant ...	Kennah	Jul 2012	#45
It can, I forgot about that use	sharp_stick	Jul 2012	#48
It Is What It Is	sharp_stick	Jul 2012	#30
'Thinking outside the box', still annoys me	GCP	Jul 2012	#31
When people use the word "preggers" to describe pregnant women.	Initech	Jul 2012	#33
Drives me nuts too, and I'm a man	Populist_Prole	Jul 2012	#43
Or when a couple says "We're" pregnant.	Son of Gob	Jul 2012	#47
That's come over from the UK? Haven't heard it here recently	GoneOffShore	Jul 2012	#51
"Going forward"...	MicaelS	Jul 2012	#36
"Em-bed"	Bonobo	Jul 2012	#37
Synergy	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jul 2012	#39
I think "synergy" actually refers to a combination of two or more things	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#40
I don't think it needs to be greater	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jul 2012	#41
Paradigm shift"	Arctic Dave	Jul 2012	#42
Action Item	Kennah	Jul 2012	#44
"I'll take that as an action item"	Mopar151	Jul 2012	#60
Got any cheeeese?	Son of Gob	Jul 2012	#46
"Right-Sizing"	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#49
"Impact" as a verb.	woo me with science	Jul 2012	#56
"win-win" situation, or whatever. Sounds SO phony and contrived. nt	raccoon	Jul 2012	#57
Using the word "interface" when they mean "communicate".	baldguy	Jul 2012	#58
one that has cropped up in my world sort of recently	Kali	Jul 2012	#62
Bottom Line, Sir? Laser-Focused On A Perfect Storm At The End Of The Day	The Magistrate	Jul 2012	#63
It's déjà-vu all over again.	GreatCaesarsGhost	Jul 2012	#64

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