Annoying Words & Phrases

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[sadchild]

 

[sadchild]

It's six years ago but it's the first time I'm hearing "Sharenting". And I hope it's the last time I hear it too.

"Sharenting" is a portmanteau of "sharing" and "parenting", describing the practice of parents publicizing a large amount of potentially sensitive content about their children on internet platforms, most notably on social media.

 

[scotchandcigar]

It's six years ago but it's the first time I'm hearing "Sharenting". And I hope it's the last time I hear it too.

"Sharenting" is a portmanteau of "sharing" and "parenting", describing the practice of parents publicizing a large amount of potentially sensitive content about their children on internet platforms, most notably on social media.

My first thought (aside from cringing) was that the word referred to some aspect of divorced parents who share custody. But the idea of parents who overshare on social media, that goes all the way back to when parents first started joining Facebook, which was a long time ago.

My older daughter never posted - or allowed - any pictures or details of her kids on social media. Right or wrong, she always suspected it would lead to problems.

This makes me think of a couple of stories, to derail this thread. The first is the new series we're watching on Apple TV, called Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (it's not as salacious as it sounds). It starts with the main character doing an online video chat, and later realizing that her webcam captured (on the wall behind her) a cork board with all sorts of notes, names, and phone numbers.

As for me, I have monthly video talks with my new manager, and at one point she said "I love Glenmorangie!", referring to my glass that had my cranberry & water. I mostly use my collection of complimentary scotch glasses for my daytime juice drink. But I didn't really intend for it to be part of my monthly check-in conversation.

 

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Total Wine & More in Pasadena sells Glenmorangie Signet Single Malt Scotch – only $299.99 for a 750-milliliter bottle. What a bargain!

Back on topic:

42 Super-Annoying Buzzwords and Buzzphrases—and What to Do about Them | PerfectIt

Here are some ideas for what to do about 42 of the most hated buzzwords.

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"Open the kimono"???

 

[scotchandcigar]

Total Wine & More in Pasadena sells Glenmorangie Signet Single Malt Scotch – only $299.99 for a 750-milliliter bottle. What a bargain!

The Signet is one of several high-end products they offer, just like any wine or spirit company does. The regular Glenmorangie line ranges from $35 to $70.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The latest buzzwords coming from PMs is managers that I find annoying is "North Star" and "finger in the air". North Star is referring to the ideal state of the project/proposal assuming you get everything you want. Finger in the air is an estimate based upon know knowledge which in theory you will not be held into account.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Finger in the air is an estimate based upon know knowledge which in theory you will not be held into account.

I believe this refers to the way you'd check for wind direction, so the expression is about being aware of what is going on in the industry or market that you're in.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I believe this refers to the way you'd check for wind direction, so the expression is about being aware of what is going on in the industry or market that you're in.

The context it is being used in is different. They are definitely meaning high level estimates without any real data to base it on.

 

[sadchild]

My older daughter never posted - or allowed - any pictures or details of her kids on social media.

We posted about our son once in a while, including a photo of him here and there (could only be seen by people on my friend's list only, not 'everyone'). But we never put his first name on there. But of course, two of his great-grandmothers would comment with his name. And I'd have to delete them and ask them not to do it. But of course, they still continued putting his first name in the comments. Over and over. We gave up around the time he turned 11 or 12.