Well, it’s a compound word, but I’d like to see lots less of “game changer.” As in “Paul has a new exercise regime, and it’s a real game changer.” It is a term that demonstrates our preoccupation with the fast fix, rather than an evolution of a solution.
Like most overused terms, somewhere in its backstory, it was relevant. Then it got used for everything. “Slapping a coat of paint on the old flop house will be a real game changer.” So while not being meaningless, it became, and here is my second favorite word to cease hearing, less impactful – are you cringing yet?
I’m just as guilty as others in using these terms. It’s easy. People know what you’re talking about. But it is also sloppy, lazy, and trite.
So for me, it sounds like less of a game changer is more.
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That’s a good one…I agree!
I would say that using less “game changer” will be a real game changer…😆😉
How weird, I’d never seen “game changer” in that way. I always regarded it as, “Everything we’ve been doing so far has been wrong, but this new thing will change it all!”
Regretfully I use words that I hate in an ironic way, and the more I do it, the more this sticks. So now I do it more often than the users who were annoying me in the first place!
As you noticed in the post, I used a whole bunch of oft-used tag lines, words, and phrases. It’s kind of hard not to sometimes.
Thankfully, after I retired I know long had to ‘reach out’ to anyone and then ‘circle back.’ Now I just text them and text them again! 😂
I hate “gift” as a verb. Hate it. Makes my teeth itch. Game changer is also egregious. Whose game and what if it’s serious? what if it’s a large ungulate running away? WTF?
Martha! You got it! “It’s a large ungulate running away.” I like it!
I figured. Go with what you know!