Tag Archives: English

Worth 1,000 Words

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Recently a client request came through my office for an illustrator that does real time drawings of meetings. The idea behind the concept is that written notes are more apt to … Continue reading

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Overused and overrated

After reading a post about the Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language on lemondrop.com, I couldn’t help but share them with you.

But first, here’s my top ten list…
1. Reinvent the wheel
2. Outside the box
3. Towards
4. [blank] associate (or any job titles that sound fancier than they really are)
5. Google it
6. Pwning some nubes
7. Vertical/horizontal market
8. Upstream/downstream
9. Ending sentences with prepositions
10. Significant other/life partner

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