See, that use, too, implies emotion/intimacy. I just don't think that's the correct connotation when the PR department of Widgets Inc. talks about trying to get ahold of someone on the phone.

That distinction works for me. But it makes me think your friend thanking you for reaching out to her would be using it correctly.

Probably so, but to me I just hear "insincere business jargon of the moment!" rather than "I'm so glad you emailed me!"

Again, and I cannot emphasize this enough, I AM CRAXY.

Me too! "woah" is what Keanu says.

I have heard people say that before and I don't get it. Keanu says "whoa" just like I do.

Right there with you. I don't understand a difference between "whoa" and "woah", other than a misspelling.

I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.

This is going to sound crazy, but to me the oa in the middle of the Keanu one do what his face does, a sort of dropped jaw, open mouth thing. Where whoa! is more abrupt and stopped.

After this hellish work deadline is done (supposed to be today, has been pushed to Thursday), I'm instituting a buzzword swear jar policy for the next release. Any time a PM sends me documentation info that contains marketing buzzwords OR "leverages", they owe me a dollar.

I like it!

Nero Wolfe despises the use of "contact" as a verb.

I don't understand the use of "call" for telephoning -- in my day, when you called on someone, you showed up at their door!

I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.

That's just what I was going to say.

My grandmother (born 1913) used to say, "I'm going to look at television."

It's always fun to figure out the age of the author by the verbs they choose.

I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.

Not seeing why "whoa" can't mean both. It always has to me. It was used an expression of amazement before Bill & Ted, y'all.

This is going to sound crazy, but to me the oa in the middle of the Keanu one do what his face does, a sort of dropped jaw, open mouth thing. Where whoa! is more abrupt and stopped.

That I can see. The h on the end does take me to a slack-jawed expression. However, I cannot agree with "whoa" necessarily being abrupt.