My boss has a few verbal idiosyncracies that are worth noting:
"This whole situation is farcial."
"You can't see the trees for the wood."
"That could be taken out of conquest."
"He extrudes self-confidence." (My favourite.)
His ultimate insult is to call someone a 'theorist'. Regrettably, this barb barely registers as a sting on the psyche as no-one has yet managed to figure out what the hell he's talking about.
But at least he doesn't use the dreaded 'going forward'. I have been keeping a 'going forward' tally at meetings I attend. I note not just the amount of times it's mentioned, but also the length of the meeting. Where possible - and it's usually possible, given how bored and idle I am - I also try to take note of how many people use the phrase. Thus, a two-hour meeting where the term is used 25 times by 5 people really doesn't measure up to the half-hour meeting where only one person used it 10 times. An impressive effort.
Though I think the words 'person' and 'people' only apply very loosely to any cretin who says 'going forward' anyway. Unless being heavily - heavily - ironic, dude.
(Like I was just then. With another word.)
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