return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square264linkfedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square264linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBluuTato@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days ago“That’s a big ask” drives me crazy. I’ve been hearing it everywhere lately. When did ‘ask’ become a noun?
minus-squarebravesirrbn ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days ago The earliest known use of the noun ask is in the Old English period (pre-1150). https://www.oed.com/dictionary/ask_n1
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoA huge ask. The biggliest ask. Sir Mixalot dreams about this ask.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago When did ‘ask’ become a noun? The question is more ‘where’. Be sure to tease whomever about the car lot they obviously worked at.
“That’s a big ask” drives me crazy. I’ve been hearing it everywhere lately. When did ‘ask’ become a noun?
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/ask_n1
A huge ask. The biggliest ask. Sir Mixalot dreams about this ask.
The question is more ‘where’. Be sure to tease whomever about the car lot they obviously worked at.