massage the entry...

gulp

..as confused as an octopus in a garage

paradigm shift

worst ever - "I want an architect who will just draw what I tell them to."

"new building typology"

BLEHHAARRRRRRGHHH (the sound of induced projectile vomiting upon hearing the above phrase)

"Well we actually have to build this."
....no sh@t!
It's such a stupid excuse for mediocrity, as if to say that because the project getting built, I get to get away with thinking less.

"black cape" architect

argh... working at a corporate firm this term is thrown around way too much to describe more 'design-y' firms. it's loaded with bitterness and envy. hate it.

you know?

"Minimum competancy."

Plus a great many already listed...

former project architect i worked with used "lunch and learn" oooh. his way of getting reps to pay for lunch so he didn't have to. all the ones down here have caught on. god i hate that phrase

"i'm just too creative for architecture"

someone in my design studio a few years ago after a (deservingly) harsh crit.

At the moment we are designing a project requiring alot concrete balconies - if I hear the term "nib" uttered again by my co-workers, I'll end someone.

Also, one person, in charge of writing the specification for the project is fond of shortening it to "spess" or "my spessy", That also drives me nuts, but it could have something to do with the fact that I dont like her.

I've talked about the ubiquity of the phrase "right now", shudder.

But most of all, I was talking to my boss the other day, and he said something like: "there is very good architecture and very bad architecture - what we do is somewhere in the middle because thats what people want". Straight from the horses arse.

and people who put "quasi" in front of a descriptor should also end.

design decisions based on something being "cuter than a bug's ear"

And I have to say that Sparky Browns little footer is also beginning to grate...

"value engineering" um... we're over-budget?

"The client wanted it that way" this pisses me off more than any other statement from an architect. someday i want to work for an office where no one ever ... EVER ... says this.

"i'm off like a prom dress" my old boss used to say this when he was leaving in a hurry.

"my building is a metaphor for..." some abstract concept such as "time" or "anger" or something. or any use of the word "metaphor" when describing a building.

just give me the cliff notes.

..along the lines of "intervention" I have equal lothing for "notion"
Ex: "I think the NOTION of (insert relevant criticism) in your work needs some more thought...always had this word thrown at me by prof's while in school as some kind of passive/aggressive way of saying "I'm not really into your ideas so why not look at what I'm doing and copy that' it got really old after about two weeks.

oops...that's loathing, not lothing..sorry for the typo guys

"don't spend any time on it,"

"this <element> dies into <other element>"

We need to VE that .... let's switch to EIFS. Protest by mentioning Loos and honesty, get some laughs, they proceed to spec EIFS anyway.

"The admissions committee regrets to inform you that..."

"I was just kinda playing with these elements"

"i guess it looks cool but it just seems like a waste of money to me" (my fellow engineering officemates referring to anything other than right angles and standard connections)

"architectural" by consultants when used in a purely maginalizing way. "architectural woodwork" or "architectural trim" - meaning "not really a part of the building just something we slap on and we think the architect might like."

and

"nominal" by architects to mean "minimal". it doesn't. so stop it.

"vis-a-vis"


seems like one of the other wooptie do architecture words that famous architects use. koolhaus, tschumi ...

"it's common sense"

everything in life is relative to the individual and his/her's understanding of the world.

You do accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, don't you?

How is your walk with Jesus?

(Both of these I have been asked at work)

"that's a nice moment" when referring to something on a model. it's not a moment, it's a tangible thing.

Starting off sentences like:

"In a nutshell..."
"Big picture..."
"I'm thinking out loud here but..."

Dear Friends,

"piss"
"shit"
"fuck"
"cunt"
"cocksucker"
"motherfucker"
"tits"
"fart"
"dirty twat"
"I fucked your Mom"

mmmmmm...that felt kind pleasant, not very loving, but pleasant

With Love!

eb

eb, I'm offended by your deeply un-Christian phraseology.
"with love"
cv

with love

"dude" (especially when said by a female)
"maybe that was just supposed to happen"
"i guess that just wasn't meant to be"
"you're top shelf all the way"
"wanna hookup?"
"you have a million dollar a**"
"are you in your twenties?" (said by a desperate old geezer)

"you're a conservative drinker"
"and what do you bring to the table?"
"just suck it up"

"kewl" or "kool"


especially disgusting

"good morning" "i'm a good christian" "i am a god-fearing person" and a "compsssionate conservative" "i support equal rights for x but..." "there ought to be limits to freedom" "have a good weekend" and "god bless america"

more

"terra-ists"
"war on terra"
"nu-cular"
"miss-isles"

Architects (yes, even Architects) who say 'cement' when they are referring to concrete. It makes them sound like such uneducated idiots!

"in reality"
"yes?" when said rhetorically at the end of a sentence.

"this project is/can/will be/looks fun"

hey, fuck you, it's not about fun, it's about Architecture you moron...

"i don't care/it's the same for me/ i don't mind either way"
in other words people without opinions

and best of all, as said during our celebration week by a student of unit one under prof. Florian Beigel of the Architectural Research Unit:

"in our unit we belive that program is overrated"

uh?!

"this is the stickiest of the icky"

"what do you want to do with your life"

bossman, this one's for you.

i definately agree with many on this being the worst phrase:

"well, what this space *wants* to be is.... (horrible phrase.)

also:

"will you do me a favor?"

...am i really allowed to say no?

also, my personal favorite by my big boss:

"you don't want to go to graduate school. it's not going to help you any with your career..."

...well, too bad. that is what i want to do so he can SUCK IT.

recently, a coworker of mine was told by her PM:

"shouldn't God be your copilot?"

how much more inappropriate can one get at work unless they are patting you on the ass while talking to you? which, by the way, has also happened....

newest, wowest, nowest.

my pm repeats this 40 times a day. god help us all, if this is what happens to us.

That dog will hunt.

not a phrase, just a word and i cringe to even write it....

panties

"I like modern architecture, you know, clean lines" makes me puke!

and...

"I have a call into...." This is by far one of the stupidest expressions. Why not, "I left a message with so and so?"