This post was part of AOL Money & Finance's Best & Worst of 2007. Voting has now closed and readers have chosen globalization as the most overused buzzword of the year. Be sure to let us know in the comments if you are pleased with this result.

We all have our pet peeves in the evolution of language. Mine is the misuse of "quality" as an adjective, as in -- say, "that's a quality mullet you have there!" Quality is a scale of measurement, people, not a unit of measure.

That being said (which should have made the list), we have a quality set of annoying buzzwords as our candidates for the most overused in 2007.

#1. Take that offline; as in, quit embarrassing yourselves by engaging in an IM flame-war and solve your problems in a face-to-face slap-off. We would prefer that those who use the term "take that offline," would, um, take it offline.

#2. Globalization. Also flat earth, global integration, global supply chain, etc. We get it that we put on pants made in Thailand, shoes from China, a shirt from India, get in our car made in Romania, and drive to our office to work for a Belgian company selling widgets to Indonesia. No mas, por favor!

#3. FYI; meaning, "for your information." All too often, this abbreviation is used when what the sender really means is "read this and you'll understand what an idiot you are" or "hey, look at me!" GMAB.*

#4. Mission critical. Joining Tang as contributions from the space program that have diminished the quality of our lives, "mission critical" is often used to tag minutia that catches the eye of a parakeet manager (you know, the one that emerges from his office only long enough to crap on your work). Mission critical to me is beating my overdraft with a deposit. Everything else is Mission mañana.

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*Give me a break.

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