In a time when we’ve never needed clearer communication, people and organizations are really dropping the ball. Well, at least according to an online tool that cuts out buzzwords and jargon from folk’s speeches, blog posts, and other written work.The Buzzsawhas put together a list of the most annoying words and phrases from 2020 and you might just be disappointed to find yourself guilty of using a few of them.
- Curated.In case you missed it, people don’t steal memes and repost them on social media. Instead what they’re doing is actually carefully curating the humor on their profile. And every article involving a list you’ve seen online isn’t just a random assortment of things, it’s a curated series of items that have been painstakingly organized.
- Content.We’ve been consuming a lot of it in lockdown, and apparently been typing it a whole lot as well. The word ‘content’ is nice because it’s not only bland, it also makes you sound like a robot person when you use it.
- Disambiguate.Isn’t the English language amazing? Disambiguate is a word that literally means to make something less ambiguous, yet people have used it so much this year, it’s meaning is starting to lose its own clarity.
- The new normal.Apparently commercial scriptwriters haven’t factored The Buzzsaw into their writing budget because this annoying phrase keeps on popping up everywhere. How ironic that the new normal is actually just people flipping the channel every time they hear someone say‘the new normal.’
Check out the full list of 2020’s worst buzzwordsHERE.
Source:Metro