The line between work and home has slowly blurred over the last few years. Smartphones and laptops have sneaked into our living rooms. We sit watching TV with the kids whilst we answer our e-mails and take conference calls as we cook the supper. As our work and personal lives merge, the way we speak has changed and workplace jargon has started to be more commonplace in our personal lives.

'Wake up and smell the coffee' is no longer a loving invitation to the breakfast table but rather a short, sharp reminder to stop avoiding the truth about a situation. We might also describe this as 'ducking the issue'. This morning I asked my husband what his 'schedule' was rather than simply asking what he was doing today. I should add that today is a Sunday, not a workday. I was also guilty of calling a family 'meeting' to plan our summer holiday instead of having what we used to simply call a 'conversation'. To make things worse, I then invited everyone to have a 'brainstorming' instead of just asking everyone to say where they would like to go on holiday. 

Go English Brazil, nº. 14, 2011, p. 8.

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