askandanswer Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I heard an interesting new expression last week. It’s “aerosol words.” An aerosol word is a word, or phrase, that you just spray into the air. They feel good and improve the atmosphere and make people feel better, but they are insubstantial and hard to catch hold of. The word that I heard that was described as an aerosol word last week was innovation. Have you heard any aerosol words lately? my two cents, Backroads and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, askandanswer said: I heard an interesting new expression last week. It’s “aerosol words.” An aerosol word is a word, or phrase, that you just spray into the air. They feel good and improve the atmosphere and make people feel better, but they are insubstantial and hard to catch hold of. The word that I heard that was described as an aerosol word last week was innovation. Have you heard any aerosol words lately? This entire concept is mystifying to me. wenglund, Sunday21 and classylady 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, askandanswer said: I heard an interesting new expression last week. It’s “aerosol words.” An aerosol word is a word, or phrase, that you just spray into the air. They feel good and improve the atmosphere and make people feel better, but they are insubstantial and hard to catch hold of. The word that I heard that was described as an aerosol word last week was innovation. Have you heard any aerosol words lately? Not really, the concept seems kind of nebulous. The definition you provided is somewhat cloudy. Such thoughts makes my head feel like it's in a fog. Sorry. Couldn't help myself. How 'bout: Synergy, cutting edge, trend setting, gone viral, litterally Edited March 30, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, Carborendum said: litterally Seriously!? Backroads and askandanswer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, zil said: Seriously!? I kinda hoped you'd react that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 2 hours ago, askandanswer said: I heard an interesting new expression last week. It’s “aerosol words.” An aerosol word is a word, or phrase, that you just spray into the air. They feel good and improve the atmosphere and make people feel better, but they are insubstantial and hard to catch hold of. The word that I heard that was described as an aerosol word last week was innovation. Have you heard any aerosol words lately? supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I can swear there's a dilbert cartoon hiding somewhere in that opening post. Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 It reminds me of when people want to have a meeting to discuss 'issues around' something. I try to find something else to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Sustainable Does the fact that it 'makes people feel better' have to mean that its truthful? Sunday21, Vort and askandanswer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Green wenglund and Sunday21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Organic (as applied to food and to situations) Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 In education: success, rigor, differentiated Vort and Sunday21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askandanswer Posted March 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Make America great? Backroads, wenglund and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonJones Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 In evaluations they can be words that bulk up a comment without actually adding anything. For example... John Doe expertly managed twenty-five 30 million dollar accounts insuring excellent percentage rate increases over the 10 percent range. In the above sentence expertly and excellent are both aerosol words. They add nothing to the meaning of the sentence in any real way. In a meeting you could have someone say the following... We need more synergy in our teamwork to collaborate more seamless interactions. Which could be simply stated We need better teamwork. Thus synergy, collaborate, seamless and interactions are all aerosol words. That's what I think it would refer to. Unfortunately, I bulk up my writing all the time, so I probably use aerosol words constantly out of habit. askandanswer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Social justice (those who espouse are demonstrably judgemental) wenglund 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Sunday21 said: Social justice (those who espouse are demonstrably judgemental) Not only is this an aerosol word, 'Social Justice' is a complete farce. Justice is justice, to add anything to it makes it no longer justice but rather a vehicle for societal accepted bias and injustice. Edited April 1, 2017 by person0 wenglund, SilentOne, askandanswer and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 1 hour ago, person0 said: Not only is this an aerosol word, 'Social Justice' is a complete farce. Justice is justice, to add anything to it makes it no longer justice but rather a vehicle for societal accepted bias and injustice. True! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Vort, Sunday21 and Blackmarch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) Meetings like the one above is why we have a building that looks like a pile of lego with a slab of grass on the top! Edited April 4, 2017 by Sunday21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 This is litterally the grossest-looking cake I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenglund Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 11:34 AM, askandanswer said: Have you heard any aerosol words lately? Hot air doesn't just waft down from the self-assumed, head-in-the-cloud heights of mount SJW, but it also sweeps like a sirocco across the arid sand dunes of MLM (multi-level marketing meetings). But, no one plays better vacuous word games than the Left, particularly via the false labels they attach to their causes--not the least of which was the mis-named Affordable Care Act, which was anything but affordable. Thanks, -Wade Englund- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Common Sense Gun Control (More like an aerosol phrase, but I'm okay with that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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