Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive, idiomatic to go beyond established limits; to pioneer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. to increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usually by technological development.
Examples
“Its a different story if I am dressing for the red carpet or a special eventthen I like to push the envelope I call it tapping that Cher factor and be more daring.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘push the envelope’.
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Hackneyed expressions in three words
Stupid, overused expressions in three words. Let these idioms die.
outside the box, second to none, by and large, all that jazz, win-win situation, push the envelope, that being said, needless to say, down to earth, beg to differ, to die for, never you mind and 62 more...
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BINGO!
Entries from the corporate hall of shame. (There are many wordie versions of this list - please link to yours in the comments section - thanks!)
to architect, to incentivize, drill down, loop back, low-hanging fruit, pre-plan, customer-focused, best of brand, conversate, think outside the..., paradigm shift, going forward and 99 more...
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words I have an irrational and burnin...
celesbian, crouch, perez hilton, slop, lotus boob, anal fissure, eat out, crotch, sewage, backwash, vomit, pus and 100 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Cringe List
No. Just no.
"Slang, though humanly irreverent, tends to be inhumanly loveless. It lacks tenderness and compassion; its poetry has the effulgence of a soldier's brass buttons."
...woot, w00t, anyways, whatever, totes, booyah, sick, ill, nom, anyhoo, frickin', jeebus and 81 more...
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Corporate Buzz Words and Phrases
This is soooo Dilbert.
cube farm, thinking outside ..., blue sky thinking, brain dump, get our ducks in ..., push the envelope, low hanging fruit, offline, stakeholder, action item, basic functionality, world class and 31 more...
Tweets
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jmjarmstrong JM has discovered that no matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. May 30, 2011