| Entry Date | What jargon term annoys you the most? | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2019 at 4:30 pm | People with a disability speaking for themselves |
People with a disability or mental illness should be able to speak for themselves. Medical staff, community services, local governments, families and cares should become aware of when it is good to advocate and when it is great to let people use their voices. |
| October 21, 2022 at 4:07 pm | Do some heavy lifting |
Pompous and self-indulgent |
| September 19, 2023 at 3:47 pm | PRN |
PRN - medication to be taken as required.... not helpful for mental health patients and no one can ever tell you what PRN actually stands for. |
| October 21, 2019 at 1:17 pm | A bit on the Spectrum |
saying that a child or adult is a bit on the spectrum? People are either autistic or they are not. |
| October 15, 2020 at 1:47 pm | SIT; SCIRT; SACS; CTS; NITH; NOAH; RUSON; SIMON; AIDET; HIS; CDM; |
Some I don't understand or know about and others need to be called what they are. |
| October 27, 2022 at 3:45 pm | Stand Up Meeting |
Some of us can't stand up |
| October 16, 2023 at 9:44 am | Build the plane why flying it |
stupid analogy to something that in reality can't be done |
| October 25, 2022 at 1:15 pm | integumentary |
such a freaking long word, a tongue twister meaning skin |
| November 4, 2024 at 2:26 pm | intertwine |
The word is ENTWINE |
| August 20, 2020 at 4:23 pm | neoplasm |
they wont understand, I too don't understand sometimes |
| October 19, 2020 at 8:58 pm | Environmental scan |
This is used when an organisation researches what's happening in relation to something they are planning something. It sounds like some kind of robot with a laser scanning for something it wants to kill... |
| July 23, 2020 at 9:33 pm | On boarding |
This is what you do to introduce new people to your organisation apparently. |
| October 18, 2024 at 3:53 pm | "under the Act" |
This term is used in mental health to justify services that compromise a consumer's rights. A clinician can state anything is "under the Act" without specifying what the intervention is and how specifically it is covered by the Act. Has the clinician actually read the Act, and do they know which part of the Act they are referring to, and can they be sure their decision is actually legal or according to the principles of the Act? Have they referred to the outcomes and findings of the Mental Health Royal Commission in Victoria? |
| October 24, 2023 at 10:48 am | Pivot |
This term may have had value during the pandemic but it is way over-used now. I'd suggest change, redirect, reconsider, divert, do things differently. |
| October 19, 2020 at 9:02 pm | TLA |
Three Letter Acronym (it's an acronym for all the acronyms!) |
| October 20, 2020 at 4:24 pm | 24/7 |
Too American |
| October 20, 2020 at 4:32 pm | furlough |
Unknown word- new term |
| September 20, 2022 at 4:15 pm | intersectional |
Unless people are going to actually unpack what this term means on a day to day basis and use language that is more accessible, this term alienates. It is often used by people who want to come across as progressive and really 'with it' but don't really understand what it means and how it's part of the social justice movement. |
| October 26, 2022 at 2:44 pm | "Effectuate". As in: "We need to effectuate a change". |
Used by jargonists who seem to feel that simple, precise terminology is too revealing of their own simplicity. |
| November 8, 2019 at 7:31 pm | Carers |
We are people first. We are mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers, and friends. Caring is a bi-product of our relationship with the person. |
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