What's the worst case of bootlicking you've ever seen? (lemmy.world)

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[-] aarRJaay@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Someone in a school I worked in changed from saying 'specific' to 'pacific' just because the deputy head said it that way.

[-] treechicken@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Somewhat related: someone at my work started saying the word "metapoint" a while back in some meetings and now a bunch of people are constantly slipping the word into their regular speech. I personally find this particularly confusing considering that metapoint is not a real word and I have no idea how so many people managed to incorporate it into their vocabulary nor what this word means to each of them.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Metapoint: a point that is everywhere all at once.

It's an antonym of singularity.

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Just start saying metapod

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

And they're supposed to educate people 🙄

[-] GCanuck@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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