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When did "top of mind" become such a popular phrase?
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Mar 5, 2024, 10:42 PM
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I don't think I'd ever heard it until Karine Jean-Pierre used it not that long ago. It seems like the next day, every political pundit and talking head was saying it, and now I hear them (and only them) using it regularly.
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Dont know. Is it like when someone asks you a question that may have multiple
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Mar 5, 2024, 11:16 PM
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options and you say, “Off the top of my head…can’t think of any “ ?
As a side note, every single one of my Indian colleagues says”On the top of my head” when asked open ended questions they don’t know.
Lulz. Cultural linguistics.
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I get that - I've heard "off the top of my head" all of my life.
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Mar 5, 2024, 11:28 PM
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Just never heard "top of mind" until recently.
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That makes 2 of us.***
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Mar 5, 2024, 11:31 PM
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At the end of the day she will circle back to address this.***
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Mar 6, 2024, 7:23 AM
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Front of mind is the usual buzzword phrase.
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Mar 6, 2024, 7:41 AM
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She screws a lot of stuff up.
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"top of mind" for me has always been there
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Mar 6, 2024, 7:55 AM
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Unlike a lot of business terms such as selling velocity, forklift upgrade, bubble up, double click (en vogue with my current team), peel back the onion, surface, etc
top of mind - in all settings - has always been
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-of-mind_awareness
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Re: When did "top of mind" become such a popular phrase?
Mar 6, 2024, 8:53 AM
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Most important thing you're thinking about. Just a different way to say it.
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Orange Immortal [66006]
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No no - I understand what it means. Thanks, but that wasn't the question.
Mar 6, 2024, 9:26 AM
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It was really me thinking (believe it or not) out loud. For 63 years, I never once heard that phrase; then all of a sudden, I hear it frequently from political pundits and talking heads. That was the point.
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To your point
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Mar 6, 2024, 9:06 AM
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Is another superfluous phrase that needs to be retired
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Re: When did "top of mind" become such a popular phrase?
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Mar 6, 2024, 9:10 AM
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I'm with you. Never heard it until mophead said it. Now, it's a "thing!"
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