At a lost for words. It's LOSS for words.
I cringe every time I hear Black folk use the following terms:
Drunk the kool aid
Call a Spade a Spade
Hate when the media says or writes that someone has a _______problem. It's derived from when they complained about the " Negro problem".
I often read or hear
“I could care less.” It’s COULDN’T care less!” Professionals do it more than you assume. I have to correct this shit in reports and keynote addresses and I get crazy pushback.
A coworker always writes
“back at it again”. I remind him that, in casual situations, it’s fine, but in our setting it’s redundant. “Back at it” your point is made. Saying “again” compounds it. The most adverse affect from my work is my inability to turn off my human autocorrect. At thanksgiving my nieces and sister all overly used the word LIKE and it drove me crazy. lol. A woman on my team will open with “
Okay, so, like, here’s our plan going forward..” and I remind her to simply say “Our plan is to…” streamline, eliminate, etc..”. Get to the point!
Another from work is “if I’m being truthfully honest…” Redundant! Honesty IS being truthful.
“For me, myself, personally, I….” Same thing 4 times. Simply write or say “I..”
“Well, for Me, myself, personally..”. Simply say “I…” Word salad forces me to tune you out after hearing what I need. At conferences I correct them and they hate it. LOL.
“That’s just how I say it!” Well, stop.
Lawyer demand you say ONLY what’s needed, with few words—preferably, ONE.