We all have our pet hates. Here’s my new one for today:
If you are the administrator of a museum or an art gallery or similar institution you are a CURATOR, from the Latin curare to care for. I read today that a company had curated a selection of different cosmetics for their customers. Are these products for the clergy or do they enjoy an avian connection as in the Curate’s Egg?
- Up-coming
- Journey
- Outcomes
- Cohort –have the Romans returned to Britain in units of ten of between 300-600 men in an ancient Roman Legion?
- Reach out (see below!)
- Awesome
- Directorate
- On-going
- Drill-down
- Park it (as in an idea)
- Not appropriate
- Ism’s e.g. Corbynism
Using nouns as verbs:
- Impact
- Streaming
- Showcase
- Hearts
Overused and misused words
(With thanks to Stephen Waddington for purloining his list of shared hates)
- agile
- collaborate
- community
- disruptive
- holistic
- legacy
- leverage
- narrative
- proactive
- visibility
- vision