This is something that bothers me when I hear people refer to their employer or manager as “their boss” or I made a mistake at work and will be “disciplined”.
I think it feeds into the mindset everyone hates that we complain about here. It gives them too much of a power trip. I mean we aren't on a chain gang here. I guess they are just words but I never use them. I just say manager or whatever they are, can't think of a good replacement for discipline but screw that too, we're not in grade school.