Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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The problem with teaching jargon as opposed to, say, IT is that it is often nothing to do with depth or a shortcut way to say something to peers. It is usually part of the latest clever-clver, pseudo-psychological tosh that they are currently peddaling out in the deperate hope that it will make it look like they are addressing every kid's learning needs in a class of 35 others.
Using neologisms and portmanteau words words makes it all sound scientific and important and effective. These people would refer to hoovering as "GrimeSmash(TM)" and to "googling" as "brainquest".
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