Am I the only person who has become tired of the phrase thinking outside the box?
Every time I hear someone say this phrase I want to let out a scream. It's becoming too bloody crowded outside of that box. Apparently all of us have fled the box and we are roaming around outside of the box. It's probably pretty warm and cosy inside the box.
It seems very strange to me that people who would like to express something original would use a hackneyed and overly familiar phrase to do so. In a lot of cases I suspect that people who do use this phrase are not capable of "thinking outside of the box", because if they were, they wouldn't be employing a worn-out cliche to express themselves.
I would be quite happy if I never have to hear or read this expression again. It's definitely time for a new term to describe this phenomenon. I would definitely be pleased if this term was banned from business meetings permanently, it has the same effect as nails on a chalkboard to me.
While we are at it, could we also stop using the word synergy, I'm not really sure what it means, but it also annoys me greatly.
words and phrases LOL!
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