  To think the word ''bullying'' is bandied about far to often
nowadays?  (24 Posts) fanjofarrow Sun 03-Nov-13 15:30:53  Don't
get me wrong - I'm not talking about kids; I'm on about grown
adults.  I know bullying does go on a lot in schools,
workplaces, online, etc, and that it comes in many forms. It
seems to me, though, that when referring to adults, the term
'bullying' is now overused.  I've seen people being accused of
bullying (by others) while having perfectly civilised
disagreements - purely because they disagree with a certain
opinion. At work, one person is constantly late. When the
manager had a quiet word with her about it she accused him of
bullying her. The media constantly bangs on about how some poor
creature in a band is being ''bullied'' by his/her bandmates,
when it's usually nothing more than a simple disagreement.  It
winds me right up. Bullying is horrible and needs to be stamped
out... but how is it helpful to class minor arguments or
exchanges of opinion as bullying? I think that sort