wait, what?” is used predominantly by Americans, so goes over most of our heads. The term “supply chain” is a humdrum commercial addition, triggered by a year of Covid disruptions and shipping delays. But what about the rest? the worst outcomes of the pandemic. It’s overplayed virus-related cousins include “superspreader”, “antivaxxer”, “jab”, “reached the peak”, “flatten the curve”, “booster”, “variant”, “long Covid” and “social distancing” .
“You’re on mute” is, of course, a Covid-induced staple. Hopefully this year will see less WFH – “working from home”, another tired saying – and Zoom tedium. With any luck we’ll be meeting in the flesh again, and when we do, let’s try to ditch the robotic, turgid work jargon that’s peppered e-mails for two years. LSSU is right – “circle back”, “deep dive” and their ilk must go. Mind you, some people would be rendered permanently mute if they couldn’t rely on corporate patois.
A friend said that using the phrases on the LSSU list is a sign of a lazy mind. He’s right, but that being said , I’m just going to have to embrace my inner verbal sloth because there is no way I’m relinquishing “no worries”. I bandy about the antipodean phrase, often in a shoddy Aussie accent, and with “mate” tagged on for extra flair. The LSSU team has disdain for this Vegemite-adjacent tic because the “phrase incorrectly substitutes for ‘You’re welcome’ when someone says ‘Thank you’”. Come on! Peppering conversation with all the flourish of an Akubra-adorned Sheila endlessly droving cattle around an Outback farm shows style.
So, in conclusion, “no worries” is going nowhere, but I will try to cull some of the other offending terminology I’ve picked up. Though whatever I do, there’s no pleasing everybody – and to quote a crazily overrun SA favourite – that is what it is.
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