return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 days agoWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days ago“double click” to mean “focus on” or “explore in more depth”
minus-squareadoxographer@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoThis one comes from Excels Pivot tables, where you double click to see the source data, but it got picked up and bastardized
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoGiven the ubiquity of double clicking, I imagine it has many origins.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt just sounds forced to me. It’s never said by people who created this slang as kids growing up with computers, it’s like managers who just invented it in their 40somethings. Like they’re trying to be cool, but it’s just not cool
“double click” to mean “focus on” or “explore in more depth”
This one comes from Excels Pivot tables, where you double click to see the source data, but it got picked up and bastardized
Given the ubiquity of double clicking, I imagine it has many origins.
It always sounds so deliberate.
It just sounds forced to me.
It’s never said by people who created this slang as kids growing up with computers, it’s like managers who just invented it in their 40somethings.
Like they’re trying to be cool, but it’s just not cool