{"id":10997,"date":"2010-12-18T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T21:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10997"},"modified":"2010-12-18T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T21:49:37","slug":"the-most-irritating-words-and-phrases-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-most-irritating-words-and-phrases-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"The most irritating words and phrases of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a fecund field ripe with vexation, 200 words have been plucked for your aggravation <a href=\"http:\/\/grammar.about.com\/od\/words\/a\/200-Words-And-Phrases-That-Ticked-You-Off-In-2010.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some samples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>empower <em>and<\/em> empowered<br \/>\nfor all intensive purposes (instead of &#8220;for all intents and purposes&#8221;)<br \/>\nget our arms around (a project)<br \/>\nif you will<br \/>\ninnovative<br \/>\nlay (instead of &#8220;lie&#8221;)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all good.<br \/>\nmission critical<br \/>\npartner (as a verb)<br \/>\nsustainable<br \/>\ntransparency<br \/>\nwin-win for everyone<br \/>\nstakeholder <em>(when not killing vampires)<br \/>\n<\/em>mind-blowing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few of my own:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>rhetoric<br \/>\ndisrespect (as a verb)<br \/>\ntrajectory (when used to describe anything other than the progress of a missile)<br \/>\ngenerous pastoral response (when used to excuse a person doing something he shouldn\u2019t)<br \/>\nHoly Spirit (when used to excuse a church doing something it shouldn\u2019t)<br \/>\nmission shaped<br \/>\nmissional<br \/>\nprophetic social justice making<br \/>\ncontinuous culture of innovation<br \/>\ngenerous culture of stewardship<br \/>\npursue excellence<br \/>\nEmergent Village<br \/>\ndistinctives (as a plural noun)<br \/>\ntelling our stories<br \/>\nadvocacy work<br \/>\nstrive to make a difference<br \/>\nraise awareness<br \/>\nfaith communities<br \/>\npeople of faith<br \/>\nactivist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a fecund field ripe with vexation, 200 words have been plucked for your aggravation here. Some samples: empower and empowered for all intensive purposes (instead of &#8220;for all intents and purposes&#8221;) get our arms around (a project) if you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-most-irritating-words-and-phrases-of-2010\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[414,2287],"class_list":["post-10997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words","tag-annoying-words","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}