AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!
AAAAAAAWESOME!
PHENOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMENAL!
I have the displeasure of dealing with a school principal who uses those three overly-extended words constantly. Anything and everything that is routine and normal may suddenly gain one of those labels when he opens his mouth. He lives in a world of superlatives......or so he thinks.....incorrectly. He has no words left in his vocabulary to offer one of his students who has, in fact, performed at a level far higher than would be expected. This is not Lake Wobegon where "all the children are above average".
Has anyone here encountered a supervisor or fellow employee in the work place who has displayed a similar preference for glittering generalities?
> Has anyone here encountered a supervisor or fellow employee in the work place who has displayed a similar preference for glittering generalities?
HELLS YEAH!
Just reply to him with that so he could know what the kids are nowadays saying to replace his superlatives of yore.
> AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!
> AAAAAAAWESOME!
> PHENOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMENAL!
> Has anyone here encountered a supervisor or fellow employee in the work place who has displayed a similar preference for glittering generalities?
What about dairy farmers who aren't discussing milk production?
What it sounds as if you're complaining about is the cheerleading style of extroverted feeling types who spend an inordinate amount of energy trying to set what they believe to be the proper feeling tone and so have relatively little left over to power their thinking caps.
I use to have an employee that every other phrase out of his mouth was "totally radical". He used the expression as a reply to everything from him describing something he saw that he liked...to a reply for me telling him to get the pin-finder.
I finally told him I was sick of hearing him say "totally radical".
You will never guess his reply...:pinch:
I rode him about it for a week or so and he eventually picked up some other worthless retort. I don't recall what, but it damn sure wasn't totally radical.
Good luck with your situation. A good dose of public harassment might do the trick. You might also lose it with him and jump across the table and insanely choke him next time he spouts off.
He then might get the hint.
> Good luck with your situation. A good dose of public harassment might do the trick. You might also lose it with him and jump across the table and insanely choke him next time he spouts off.
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> He then might get the hint.
I think the better strategy would be to one-up him. To his "AWESOOOOME", reply "STUPENDELICIOUS!!!!" and see where that all ends up.
Unfriggggggingbelievable. I just might go with your suggestion.
Oh my gawd, you obviously haven't hung around surfers. They have their own complete lingo..
"Dude, wipe that gnarly cliffhanger from your nose.." Or early in the morning after a cup of coffee... "Oh no, I got a serious coffee bomb getting ready to drop..."
> Unfriggggggingbelievable. I just might go with your suggestion.
Think of it as a cheerleading contest.
I haven't related to a high school principal in like forever. They were to be driven insane by remaining cool during chaos.
Sit thru "Valley Girls" and follow that with "Legally Blonde" and Legally Blonde 2 Red White and Blonde" and then throw in "Legally Blonds".
Throw anything that you have learned during that nightmare at your "superlative rapping principal and be sure to point your toes and flip your hair and giggle between jaw cramping smiles and head shakes.
😉
supercalifragilistic expealidocious! Am I in the running yet?
That'sOneWordDuane
Paul in PA
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> I think the better strategy would be to one-up him. To his "AWESOOOOME", reply "STUPENDELICIOUS!!!!" and see where that all ends up.
That was my thought of using the contempo "HELLZ YEAH" to his comments.
but if one wanted to go retro. a loud an throaty "FAR OUT, MAN!
I can relate to that one from the olden days. Maybe I'll say that in our board meetings every time an administrator uses one of their favorite words that now are meaningless.
AMAAAAAAZING!
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FAR OUT, MAN!!!!!!
By the second time I do that the rest of the board members will have huge grins on their faces because they feel the same way I do about this.
I used to run into a guy whose exclamation for everything was "COSMIC!" That's also retro, now.
I work with a guy at the volunteer gig who can't describe anything objectively. He'll be talking about some band he saw or restaurant he tried and say it was "Insane" or some other trendy word. I have to ask if that's bad or good. Guess I'm just an out-of-touch geezer.
Don't forget to use the antonym
BUMMER!
Standing ovation
A standing ovation used to mean something...now they do it for anything.
I could sing and get a standing ovation sigh.
Standing ovation
I saw the Glittering Generalities open up for Blondie at The Mudd Club in 79. They got a standing ovation.
and, GETTIN' JIGGY WIT' IT
Phenomenally amazingly awesome. Amazing awesome phenomena. Awesomely amazing phenomena.
I thought I was the old fart on this crew.
If you all start bitching about "groovy", I'll know you're out of touch.
Don
