I’m recovering from the events of the weekend. I finished my final project on Sunday but I’m having nightmares about bad Python code scrolling down my screen at will and wreaking havoc -but life goes on.

Given that my brain is mush and I have to focus on my actual job which has me knee deep on projects that run on not Python I am drawing a blank on current day overused words. Hell I’m drawing a blank on words in general.

However I recently dug up came across this gem of an email I sent myself in 2010. Context: I was frustrated at work, and had just walked out of a meeting with my boss at the time – let’s call him Jim. Jim used no less than 6 of the 10 words/ phrases I outlined below.

Tired of attempts to get actual clarification on my next assignment because answers were given using some combination of the words outlined below, I took a break and typed this up. Enjoy!

Top Ten Most Overused Words/Phrases at …The Company I Worked for in 2010


10. Multi-media – seriously, the word doesn’t the word media by itself imply a wide range of communications?


9. You’re a rockstar! – Really! Hot dog! Someone call my promoter and book me another gig ASAP!


8. That’s awesome! – Is the typical, and only, response from managers when pointing out yet another organizational defect.


7. We’re gonna quick look and send off – And if my quick look doesn’t catch an error then it’s still your fault you didn’t catch an error that I couldn’t possibly have caught either.


6. Round and Round, where it goes… Where its bucketed …no one knows!


5. I’m gonna get my arms around…uh oh, that sounds like a sexual harassment complaint just waiting to happen.


4. In the driver’s seat/ you wanna drive? – No real comment here, just way overused.


3. Organizational restructure – Because we seem to have one of these somewhere in the organization about every 2 months.


2. I envision…a world where I don’t have to hear the word envision.


1. World Class Sales Organization – I don’t really need to comment on this one, do I?