One very important step in any planning activity is communicating your plan to others, sometimes a superior. Yes, we should be communicating with our superiors [any type of authority] and word/phrase choice is very important in this communication event.
As many of you already know, my home is a petri dish of “wisdom”, especially concerning word/phrase use. It struck me the other day that many of the phrases heard around my house would be completely inappropriate in a professional setting, especially in a dialogue with your boss.
Imagine this...Your boss asks you to bring the current status report to her office and give her a quick update. Your response should not be “If it’s that important to you, you’ll get up and get it.”
or
“Some of the things you are doing just don’t make sense.” [Before you ask, the answer is yes. These are direct quotes from conversations with my “wisdom” guardians.]
Here are a few more; all are equally impressive and completely inappropriate in the office. [or at home with parents]
“Speak freak.”
“Sit boy sit.”
“Please leave a message after the tone. BEEP.”
“I am hi-larious.”
“Blah, Blah, Blah.”
“REALLY???”
“You have been my father (supervisor) long enough. You should know what I mean.”
and a classic...
“Yes, your majesty”
So let me unpack the title for you. Lexicon - a person’s vocabulary. Kerfuffle - a disorderly outburst, disturbance, or commotion. My “wisdom” guardians literally have “a disturbing vocabulary.” I am not sure where they get it from. Maybe the nuts don’t fall far from the trees.
Proverbs 16:24: “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
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