I was literally dying of embarrassment. No, you werent. Hows about the, as the study deems them, most annoying slang terms currently out there? We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. It is no longer a case of whether you are male or female but what your preferred pronouns are. Read this, absorb it and change the world. READ: Introducing Intersectionality by Mary Romero. If you leave someone to do their own research, they're as likely as not to come to all the wrong conclusions. For example, a person may feel hangry if they skip a meal. Skype held this coveted position years ago before being sunset into Microsoft Teams. But we should be cautious that our attempts to become a thought leader arent more focused on promoting ourselves than our ideas. An acronym for Greatest of All Time, GOAT is often used to refer to an expert in their chosen field. As an aside, most UX designers now prefer single-click experiences. However, the meaning of the new normal has become ambiguous in recent months. Doomscrollingthe practice of continuing to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news may be perceived as saddening, disheartening, or depressinghas existed since the dawn of the Internet. After the murder of George Floyd, millions of people posted a black square on Instagram, which made them feel like they were contributing in someway, even though not all of them were. I cant even: Cant even what? In 2021, lets commit to being more honest with our colleagues. Fam refers to individuals in a person's closest inner circle. The studys results found that the absolutely most popular slang term of this year was ghosted, or when someone cuts off all communication without explanation. Ghosted was actually 2021s most popular slang term, too, indicating a very haunted past couple of years. REAL TEA. Pioneered by women, the movement has more recently been adopted by male activists. Case in point: the whole J.K. Rowling controversy around trans issues. To circle back to a promise to revisit a particular topic or decision at a later date. So, feminism must include black women, gay women, trans women and working-class women to be considered intersectional. Rhymes with joke. HUSH HUSH. Drink from reusable water bottles, instead of buying Evian at a train station. What?!?! To dive deeper into the state of racial diversity in tech, check out the free People of Color In Tech report. Now the term sparks confusion, stress, or eye-rolling for business professionals. Cricketers should now use this gender-neutral term instead of the offensive batsman. Woke warriors made the term popular, then banned it for being discriminatory. WebHere are 30 different buzzwords and phrases that need to be kicked to the curbimmediately. Used by people who dont identify as he/him or she/her (see Non-binary above). This word is used to add emphasis to the validity of a statement, regardless of whether its actually true or not. Even if you are clearly wrong/lying. Right? breakouts. Theres precious little substance behind what people think it means to be agile in this context. By Minda Zetlin, Author of 'Career Way too many people use the term unprecedented circumstances to talk about the pandemic without using the P word. But for the rest of us, it was an overused reminder of just how badly our lives had been disrupted. This appears to be a growing problem in 2021, as this term rose 10 spots in our Most Annoying ranks. Once upon a time, agile had a very specific contextual meaning in the business world. On fleek can be used in combination with a noun to signify that something is flawless or on point. Receipts refer to proof of someone's hypocrisy, often from past texts or screenshots of social media conversations. To clap back is the best way to respond to criticism or insults. And The Most Annoying Buzzwords Are Alignment: I want to make WebThe second most popular slang term was salty (exceptionally bitter, angry or upset); the third catfish (assuming a false identity or personality on the internet); the T is for they. It does all feel a bit apocalyptic. Hair salons are one of many places that weve been told to limit visiting or stop going to altogether. Ill take that as a good thing. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Check out the list of insults that have been reinvented as compliments. READ: They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery. A is for aggression, or rather, micro aggression. And most people who say "educate yourself" (or its longer variant, "it's not my job to educate you") use it to refer to opinions and ideological stuff instead of hard facts, so it's a matter of convincing someone, not educating them. Woke is the past form of wake you are awake to injustices. But people really love to use this word whenever referring to others, which needs to stop. This refers to your personal knowledge and experience. To publish, simply grab the HTML code or text to the left and paste into The events of 2020 may have made digital transformation more acceptable than in prior years. Except for when its two Australians shouting it at each other, theyre both equally right. As someone who has done actual activism (political & electoral work on issue campaigns), "Educate yourself!" Since mid-March 2020, nearly everyone who was able to work from home has been doing so. Its apparently very popular in Minnesota (according to Google Trends). According to Google Trends, synergy has high search interest every yearand almost 8X more interest than new normal above. M is for menstruators. WebMost read in The US Sun. And being compassionate benefits you as much as others. Some responsible meeting leaders may honor their promise to circle back. READ: The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry. A term that exploded in popularity a few years ago, BAME or black, Asian and minority ethnic basically means not white. Clicktivism is less about actually helping the oppressed and more about signalling to the rest of the world that you dont want to be associated with the oppressors. HANG FREE. Yeet is a way to show excitement or agree with someone. If a person low-key loves something, they're subtly excited about it. Its a good idea to explore the details and understand a topic on a deeper level. December 29, 2020 6:30 AM. Short for cray cray, which was originally slang for crazy, cray just means crazy. Were seeing huge interest in the San Francisco bay area (which isnt surprising at all). Since virtually everyone needed to deviate from the plan for the year, pivoting became an all-too-familiar phrase. To me it comes across as condescending and attention grabbing - 'Hey everyone check out this person that says something I agree with !'. Also human milk is now preferred to breast milk. But theres one problem. Spotted Dick, a favourite pudding for generations, became the rather more prudish Spotted Richard at Flintshire County Councils canteen in 2009. An acronym for the Greatest of All Time, this is used when referring to the greats, mostly in sports. The result? If you really love your fam, youll add the -ily. And they alienate others around you who arent sure what you mean. But the word has been so recklessly bandied about that you need a hasty Google search to understand it. Weve got another newcomer on the list for 2021. According to Google Trends, people in Peoria-Bloomington metro in Illinois are the most obsessed with this term. The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply divided people, largely based on whether or not they believe the information being put out by mainstream scientists. Cisgender basically means not transgender. BBC / Via giphy.com. Now were left wondering: What does offline look like anymore? It's not hard to imagine how this phrase originated. When someone says low-hanging fruit, they could just stop speaking right there. Amari D. Pollard is a writer and audience development strategist. In doing so, youre agreeing to the below guidelines. Whether youre on a journey of personal growth, determined to see social justice prevail or simply want to avoid being cancelled by righteous millennial colleagues, this is our guide to the terms worth knowing. However, now even private conversations are all conducted over video conference or another collaboration tool. When youre annoyed, bitter, or upset, youre salty. One can stay salty for a moment or for a very long time. A grammatical nightmare, this phrase means someone is so exasperated that they can't even deal with completing the phrase properly. These slang words are actually in the dictionary. B is for batters. "Let's circle back/Let's touch base." Its a mindlesslike click on Twitter. During the COVID-19 pandemic, its safe to say that we all ran out of bandwidth at some point or another. A pivot always signals oncoming changebut the speaker often doesnt provide clarity on what those changes will be. Food, clothing and music, can be appropriated, too. Looking at you, Lincoln metro! We recommend our users to update the browser. Though its mostly used as a term of endearment, its overuse has contributed to its annoyance. But most importantly, they wanted to make sure the money was still flowing. If conservatives find it politically useful to use woke as mockery, its because the left has applied it to mock-worthy notions. Call it Guilt light. Its not sincere and puts the other person in an awkward position. A favorite phrase of Ilana Wexleron Broad City, yaas stems from ballroom culture. Mine is anything a woke person says because chances are its a view shared by actual racists since their ideologies align 90%+, And clapping emojis in between every word. Its also a synonym for drunk, high, wastedanything to describe having a great time. Some might argue that this is a cop-out, but the evidence suggests that its a good thing. Digital transformation saw the most search interest in New York this year. So here to help is our cut-out-and-keep guide to all the other terms the wokerati have thrown up. But woke advocates favour it, saying there are women who dont menstruate and menstruators who arent women. Everyones laughing at you now. IRL stands for "in real life" or anything not taking place on social media, over text, or on television. Think outside the box is a great way to say something while saying nothing at all. This is the idea that people are born either male or female, with no other ways to identify a viewpoint that excludes non-binary and transgender people. The aim of Black LivesMatter is anti-racism: a rejection of overt, covert and systemic discrimination against black people. (photo by Alex Ware via Unsplash). 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