I have a new language bête noire: “going forward”. It adds no value to otherwise respectable sentences. Its jargoniness hurts my brain every time I hear it (or worse yet, catch myself uttering this execrable phrase). Each time someone trots out this favorite, I’m reminded of Stephen Covey and the precious moments of my life forever lost while sitting through a soul-sucking business meeting.
What’s wrong with “from now on”, “in the future”, or (best of all) dropping the phrase entirely?