Which office buzzwords do you hate?
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on 5/19/06 at 4:10pm
I came across this funny article in the Boston Globe a while back about all the annoying buzzwords people throw around the office.
If terms like "value-add" and "thinking outside the box" make you want to jam a laser pointer into your eye, you are not alone in your suffering. Having been asked to "leverage their core competencies" one too many times, workers all across the country are offering up a collective response: Stop the insanity.
What's the worst business jargon you hear around your office?





busines jargon
worst ive heard is "on a go-forward basis"
color...not what crayola was talking about
can someone give me some "color" on this post?
shoot me.
vomit
If I could just "piggy back" on what he was saying... or maybe someone else could kind of "unpack that" a little more.
Modeling
Do we really always need to "crank" or "jam"? There are some additional annoying modeling words, but these are the worst; constantly overused. I can't stand to hear either around the office anymore.
Business Jargon
The worst business jargon I hear on a daily basis is.. caveat.. the only caveat is.. i swear if I hear that one more time, I might have to use that laser pointer.
My worst is "at the end of
My worst is "at the end of the day"
I would have to agree that
I would have to agree that "jamming" is the most irritating modeling phrase ever.
the two worst are
"At the end of the day..."
"It is what it is"....
"talk to that point", "get
"talk to that point", "get our arms around that"
"we are in the business of
"we are in the business of creating synergies mate" "Shift those graphs" "Massage the red dots"
my least favorite
"why don't you go ahead and take a stab at that and get back to me" (usually from some lazy-ass associate pawning off his work)
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re: business jargon
everyday is another attempt at "going forward"
We?
What we need to do is ... Why don't we ... And of course Mr. Client, we will work through the night to get this to you first thing in the morning.
cranking
cranking
Any computer metaphor
"Get a download"
"He has some extra bandwidth"
"whats the time line" annoys
fruit
Ice-cream
"it is what it is."
touch base, circle up,
as if it were a quick task
"drill down" ... used by a
"at the end of the
Buzzword of Death
who's your daddy?
Ha, I have to agree that
re crank
doctor leads
hate the term
"shoot me an e-mail"
CC
How about so and so 'pinged
"adding value"
"On a go-forward basis"
Roadmap is another one I
"low hanging fruit" "pari
"let's huddle on this one"
Let's ramp up
capacity
Bankers love to "opine" on
Anything Latin. Para pisu
Pro active
It's not the Buzzwords
DD
capacity
My fav
I can't stand the word
spade a spade
the us is too politically
SYNERGY
"in short order"