What's a word that should never be used in a professional setting?
What's a word that should never be used in a professional setting?
I personally wouldn't use any word like "slay" in the workplace. I think it'd be completely unnecessary.
You win!
“Union” - your boss, probably
Related, "revolution" is probably frowned upon in most professional settings. Funny how that works.
Unless you work with rotary equipment.
If you don't intuitively know which slang or curse words can be used in a given professional setting (they are not all alike), then you should avoid all profanity and slang, and speak proper English. Always err on the side of caution when your career, reputation, or important matters are at stake.
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
(unless you are an historian of the Anglican Church)
That word always sounded like it was rather self explanatory so I never looked it up before. I never realized it was specifically the disestablishment of the Church of England.
As someone who was baptized Anglican, I am 100% an Antidisestablishmentarian.
I haven't managed to make "analingus" work in a meeting so far, but I'm determined.
That's certainly one way to climb the corporate ladder...
Use it instead of the word analogous.
Oh yeah. I could make it a game. See how long anyone notices.
'ask' as a noun.
That should never be used anywhere, ever.
That's a tough ask.
Software has more than its fair share of acronyms, which we often choose to say phonetically, like SQL gets said "sequel." We also have the TTY, and you often have to detach things from it. Depending on the context, best to spell that one out, or just substitute "terminal," but I've definitely been in meetings where someone said something about a process that needs to be detached from the titty.
Or the story of the guy talking in the airport about his BOM list.
bukkake
Cuck
Moose knuckles
Don’t say anything sexual or overtly blasphemous or curse at a customer/higher up and in my experience no one will really care. Read the room for sure but times have changed, I’ve not worked in a place with overt swearing rules in over a decade. Even in severe cases you’ll likely just be asked to tone it down
Guillotine - oh no wait, that one SHOULD actually be used as often as possible, in any professional context
For context, I like working with people that I am on friendly terms (like go out for drinks Friday after work) and I have the privilege to be able to avoid work environments where that's not possible.
IMO I don't think it's about the words, but the meaning of what you say. You can say a coffee is hot, but say that about the new receptionist and you deserve jail time (sexual harassment is a serious issue). The worst things someone could say don't involve any "bad" words, like a male colleague turning to the only woman in the meeting after making a remark about motherhood.
Context is always important too, once I heard someone say "the motherfucker keeps pooping allover the place" referring to a service that was particularly nasty after an update (programmer lingo).
Personally, I hate passive aggression, I am autistic I just speak my mind, and I don't understand it when others don't.
Fuck-knuckle
Clearly not an Australian, I’ve heard that said on the radio in the afternoon
Embiggen
Any slang + curse words
I recall hearing that one should never use a three letter word starting with 'g' and ending with 't' (i.e. get, git, got, gut). Instead: obtain, stomach, 'being unhelpful' etc.
This was before github was a thing, of course.
What about SVN?
Or CIA?
professional
Makes it hard if you're one of Santa's transport crew.
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Thingy
