Okay, now he's doing it on purpose.

Just saw Guy Fierri in a commercial for Snapple, saying "it puts the shamma-lamma in ding-dong."

Katie wrote:Okay, now he's doing it on purpose.

Just saw Guy Fierri in a commercial for Snapple, saying "it puts the shamma-lamma in ding-dong."

I believe that was on the "Banned Words 1958" list.

Anywhere outside of horticulture:

Rootstock

janeyb wrote:These aren't single words, but I hope I can add them to the list:

"To be honest with you,,," I interview people all day. When I hear someone begin a sentence this way I want to yell, "No, I prefer you lie to me!!"

"Just between you and I,..." Another phrase I hear daily. It annoys me to no end, especially when I hear it coming from top executives.

More phrases: "Playing devil's advocate." Often used retrospectively: "I was just playing devil's advocate." People seem to think it means, "I cannot be called upon to substantiate what I am saying." Fine-- come back when you really want to discuss something. " You also hear, "Just to play devil's advocate" used to preface something rude, by people who probably think they are too smooth to use "No offense, but..." in that situation.

Also, "Oh, come on," meaning "You can't mean what you are saying." I do mean it, thank you.

Even better, "Oh, come on. I was just playing devil's advocate."

Come on people, It is what it is!

LSU's list isn't so bad this year, mostly it's corporate speak. http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

I'd like to add "no, yeah" or "yeah, no".

Katie wrote:Okay, now he's doing it on purpose.

Just saw Guy Fierri in a commercial for Snapple, saying "it puts the shamma-lamma in ding-dong."

For some reason, my brain thinks that would be followed by

"...or else it gets the hose again."

Re-purposed

LikestoEatout wrote:Re-purposed

Oh yes. I'm pretty sure that's more Britspeak (like "at the end of the day" and "spot on") infecting our language.

Before too long, when someone is in the hospital, we're going to say they're "in hospital," not "in the hospital." Just you wait.

My two biggest (non-food related) pet peeve words right now are "impactful" and "planful". Working in consulting, I have the privilege of hearing (and cringing) at a lot of this crap.

riddlemay wrote:

LikestoEatout wrote:Re-purposed

Oh yes. I'm pretty sure that's more Britspeak (like "at the end of the day" and "spot on") infecting our language.

Before too long, when someone is in the hospital, we're going to say they're "in hospital," not "in the hospital." Just you wait.

I'm all qued up for that!

My two biggest (non-food related) pet peeve words right now are "impactful" and "planful". Working in consulting, I have the privilege of hearing (and cringing) at a lot of this crap.

Jesteinf, you are not alone in your consulting world with the privilege of hearing crap words. It seems to be a national trend to just make up words and use them at will.

stevez wrote:I'm all qued up for that!

D'oh!

"Organically" when used in a non-food related way, as in, "The decision to do it that way came about organically."

"One-off" meaning a task that is only going to be done once.

Pseudo HTML as in <sarcasm>great!</sarcasm>.

"Noone" as in "Noone liked it." I always think of Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits.

imsscott wrote:"Noone" as in "Noone liked it." I always think of Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits.

But maybe these people all look to Peter Noone as a beacon of knowledge and enlightenment. I usually take my cues from Gerry Marsden, but to each his own.

I would love to ban goodness, as in 'porky goodness' in food writing

Also used in corporate America - an updated term for 'secret sauce' another overused expression.

"Impact" used as a verb: "I think it's going to impact us substantially." What ever happened to the word "affect"? (Alternatively, I suppose, the construction could be modified: "I think it's going to have a substantial impact on us.")

sarcon wrote:Umami - followed by an explanation of what umami is.

A battle of the burger names is unfolding in Chicago. Los Angeles-based Umami Restaurant Group filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chicago-based BopNgrill, accusing the Korean-inspired burger joint of trademark infringement by serving a menu item called the Umami burger.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... -over-name

The innards-loving Andrew Zimmern: "...it's a little barnyard-y, but in a good way..." or "...you taste a little bit of the poopchute, which doesn't bother me..."

Dave148 wrote:

sarcon wrote:Umami - followed by an explanation of what umami is.

A battle of the burger names is unfolding in Chicago. Los Angeles-based Umami Restaurant Group filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chicago-based BopNgrill, accusing the Korean-inspired burger joint of trademark infringement by serving a menu item called the Umami burger.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... -over-name

But in this context, the definition of umami, and its use as a descriptive term, is actually very relevant to the trademark issue that is the subject of the article. It's not the same, but it is funny that it happened ... again.

Foodgasm and foodjism should be outta here. There is no refractory period for good eating.

I could go the rest of of my life without hearing "betterment" again and be a happy man.

Davooda

Hack. Do you mean "to illicitly gain access to someone's computer or network in order to steal their data"? Or do you mean "to create new and useful computer applications, to be showcased to your peers at a geeky Hack Night"? Or have you created something new or unusual in your kitchen or home workshop, such as a method for pressing garlic cloves with a Milwaukee impact driver, or a way to steam clams in the shower? Or do you simply suffer from a dry cough?

Disruptive. Why the angry, suspicious, conspiracy-tinged term for a new technique or technology that merely means "alternative"?

Organic. Oh, the cows and chickens weren't sprayed with DDT? I'm so relieved. (I'm expecting pushback from the acolytes on this one. )

OK, I can see the utility of the word "organic." It's just used in such a wide manner that it becomes essentially meaningless. There should be separate words or phrases to describe fruit grown without pesticides on the one hand, and livestock raised outside of pens, allowed to roam in pastures. Oh wait, there are.

Mediterranean as a politically obscured euphemism for "Arabic" or "Middle Eastern" food. What part of Iran touches the Mediterranean Sea? And wouldn't Mediterranean food include southern Spain & France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and several Balkan states, rendering the description of "Mediterranean cuisine" meaningless?

Teresa wrote:

Dave148 wrote:

sarcon wrote:Umami - followed by an explanation of what umami is.

A battle of the burger names is unfolding in Chicago. Los Angeles-based Umami Restaurant Group filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chicago-based BopNgrill, accusing the Korean-inspired burger joint of trademark infringement by serving a menu item called the Umami burger.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... -over-name

But in this context, the definition of umami, and its use as a descriptive term, is actually very relevant to the trademark issue that is the subject of the article. It's not the same, but it is funny that it happened ... again.

One can only hope that Umami Burger next tries to sue the nation of Japan for stealing their trademark.

Iconic. It is so overused.

Tom wrote:Mediterranean as a politically obscured euphemism for "Arabic" or "Middle Eastern" food.

I see the word as biogeological. To me any place that has or can grow olive trees would fall into the category especially for things food related.

I have a personal problem with "mouthfeel".

I'd like to see the word "organoleptic" used more often.

nr706--

I'm pretty sure that the Viticulture & Enology program at UC-Davis invented the term "organoleptic" and insert it liberally into discussions of wine tasting. I'll be glad to use it whenever necessary. Shall I tag you??

Geop