Sarcastic Definition of the Day: Empowering

American Irony ^ | 11-4-15 | The Looking Spoon

[Catmom]

I detest the word “empower” and all its forms.

I first encountered it in graduate school in the early 1990s, before I emerged from the coma of liberalism.

The sound of the word is about as pleasant to me as garlic is to a vampire.

[equaviator]

By taking two Dulcolax, I have empowered my bowels.

[The Looking Spoon]

I feel the same way about it...it feels like a gimmick more than anything else.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Yeah, I went through the “empowerment” craze in business management back in the 80’s. I soon figured out that I was empowered to do exactly what my boss would do if he were doing it, no more and no less.