On a lighter note, a little fun. Language is ever changing and we must accept that otherwise we would still go around saying things like: Hath in the Ram his halfè course y-run” 600 years after Chaucer said it. Or perhaps soldiers will still be marching to "sinister, dexter, sinister dexter"
Here are my examples of some terms which have crept into the language in the last couple of decades or so.
I've got this (because I'm so capable)
Closure (Grieve and then forgetaboutit)
Forgerrabearit (see Donnie Brasco, the film)
high five (not a greeting to a quintet)
24/7 (the answer is not 3.428)
I'm good (even when I'm bad I can be good)
synergy (business excuse to sack workers)
Americano (not a 6' tall man in Hawaiian shirt on holidays)
dude (Once an urban dandy, now every gormless male)
bring to the table (a favourite boast in The Apprentice)
Moving forward (Julia Gillard's favourite)
wellness (even my phone has a wellness setting)
Cloud (they don't obscure the sun, but store your secrets)
glass ceiling (watch out for the shards on the way through it)
stakeholders (they are not dead vampires)
cool (hint: nothing to do with the weather)
Chill (An order to someone when they're not cool)
google (as a verb)
We need to talk (I'm breaking up with you)
MILF (from a porn site, and now to everyday language)
Uber (not the ride share)
In your face (as in the close talker from Seinfeld)
fully sick (as opposed to just a little bit when I hear this)
Oh wow (essential expression for reality home renovation shows )
Here are my examples of some terms which have crept into the language in the last couple of decades or so.
I've got this (because I'm so capable)
Closure (Grieve and then forgetaboutit)
Forgerrabearit (see Donnie Brasco, the film)
high five (not a greeting to a quintet)
24/7 (the answer is not 3.428)
I'm good (even when I'm bad I can be good)
synergy (business excuse to sack workers)
Americano (not a 6' tall man in Hawaiian shirt on holidays)
dude (Once an urban dandy, now every gormless male)
bring to the table (a favourite boast in The Apprentice)
Moving forward (Julia Gillard's favourite)
wellness (even my phone has a wellness setting)
Cloud (they don't obscure the sun, but store your secrets)
glass ceiling (watch out for the shards on the way through it)
stakeholders (they are not dead vampires)
cool (hint: nothing to do with the weather)
Chill (An order to someone when they're not cool)
google (as a verb)
We need to talk (I'm breaking up with you)
MILF (from a porn site, and now to everyday language)
Uber (not the ride share)
In your face (as in the close talker from Seinfeld)
fully sick (as opposed to just a little bit when I hear this)
Oh wow (essential expression for reality home renovation shows )


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