Sound bites: Buzz word slingers

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• "To tell you the truth"
  "I'm gonna be honest with you" or "To be honest with you"
  "Let's be clear about this" or "Let me be clear"
  "Sooner rather than later"
  "I've gotta ask you" or, on more important issues, "I've just gotta ask ya"

• Saw this on CNN crawl: "negative growth". Benjamin Button economics.

  • The next he-man pill ad on cable news promises "negative shrinkage"!

    • Those things can cause a heart attack and other negative effects, like the inability to wear tight jeans for up to four hours.

• Referring to wives not named Chloe as "ya old bat"

  • And that goes for Khloe with a K also.

• Referring to children as "tiny humans" or "kiddos"
  Referring to a husband as "hubby" or "hubs"

  • "Isn't that special!"

    Referring to dogs as furbabies

    • Or dog parents, cat parents. I'm a father to two dogs and a cat. No, you are not. That would be zoophilia, creepy.

    • None of our children ever pooped on the lawn or in a litter box. A dog is a dog, a cat is a cat. Yes, they are loved, but they are not your children.

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• These are a few of my least favorite things:

  Phrases or slaughter of the English language -

  You've Got This!
  I started wearing a mask because COVID.
  I can't go to the bars with my buddies because marriage.
  I am a single mother, but I am a survivor.
  This is so self-empowering.

  and this from tv:
  Alaska Airlines commercial featuring pilots and stewardesses, wearing masks and dancing "The Saftey Dance"

• Watching several news channels this morning, when the anchor has finished questioning a contributor, they turn and say "We'll leave it there..." I heard it on each channel, multiple times.

  • Tips for zippy cable news interviews. Add these to your patter.

    "Now, I just have to ask you this ... "

    "I'd really love to get your reaction to ... "

    "You know, there's a question I just gotta ask ... "

    But ... (furrow brow or chew on glasses) ... but the question on my mind is ... "

    "Another thing I need your input on is this ... "

    "What do you say to people who tell you ... "

    "Talk to us about the ... "

    "Before I let you go ... "

    Someone please sneak in the makeup room and add gorilla glue to the lip gloss.

• " I have been cascading relevant information and believe that, with this, we will take it to the next level while our competition continues to boil the ocean."

  I respect that, every man is entitled to his opinion, but the question remains: What's your passion?

• Talking heads always say "more on" when they could just say "more" and leave it at that. It sounds absurd when they announce "We'll have more on sports after this message".

  • Maybe they mean "moron" sports, including stories about:

    (1) men who go into pro football knowing they will likely end up with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or (2) parents who encourage their sons to play high school or college football, ignoring or downplaying the risk of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

    Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease typically found in individuals who have sustained repeated head injuries in the past, including concussions during contact sports. The symptoms of CTE usually develop over several years to decades after repeated injuries and consist of cognitive deficits such as learning disabilities, disinhibition, memory disturbances, and mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. As the disease progresses, some patients may experience progressive dementia and motor symptoms such as balance instability and extrapyramidal disorders.

    A research study conducted in 2017 at Boston University examined 202 brains from deceased football players and found that 177 of them (87%) had signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeated blows to the head.

    • I think of that whenever the family is watching football games on the tv.

• Be that as it may, in my humble opinion and for what it's worth, in the final analysis, let's just say it is what it is, and agree to disagree.

  • There are lots of moving parts in your statement. You've really opened the kimono. I believe your proposition is scalable and best practice. I have been cascading relevant information and believe that, with this, we will take it to the next level while our competition continues to boil the ocean.