| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable 19:58 - Oct 7 with 2363 views | redrickstuhaart |
"piece"
"stakeholder"
The former is irritating and inane. The latter, in my experience, is often used to disguise who is pulling strings. |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:47 - Oct 8 with 1376 views | EdwardStone |
I think "steakholder" is a very divisive term....
It excludes Vegetarians and Vegans
Boooo..... Carnivors Out |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 with 1369 views | Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:55 - Oct 8 with 1357 views | WeirdFishes |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 by Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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I do the same, current favourite is “let’s not try to boil the ocean first.” |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:01 - Oct 8 with 1329 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 by Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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Nobody was ever brave enough to use it but in a similar vein, "Let's drop its pants and see who wipes its bum" gained wide support. |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:01 - Oct 8 with 1329 views | TheMoralMajority |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 by Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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I'm currently surfacing issues and allocating verticals |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:07 - Oct 8 with 1301 views | WD19 |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 by Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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I admire the fact you are being quite "intentional" about that.
Hopefully you are doing it "at pace" and it will "shift the needle". |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:12 - Oct 8 with 1290 views | Godzilla |
"get back to work you lot"
"no i in team"
"no success without u"
Going off theme, if you want to brighten up even the dullest meeting, give a friend attending with you a challenging/stupid/naff word that they must use during the meeting, and vice versa. |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 14:26 - Oct 8 with 1221 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 12:52 - Oct 8 by Dubtractor |
A few of us at my work deliberately/tongue in cheek use really cringey business speak a fair bit.
A favourite is "let's run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes it". [Post edited 8 Oct 12:59]
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One doing the rounds in my place at the moment is, "I don't have enough bandwidth for that"
Always want to reply with, "have you logged it with IT?" |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 14:29 - Oct 8 with 1212 views | grow_our_own |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:12 - Oct 8 by Godzilla |
"get back to work you lot"
"no i in team"
"no success without u"
Going off theme, if you want to brighten up even the dullest meeting, give a friend attending with you a challenging/stupid/naff word that they must use during the meeting, and vice versa. |
"heads up"
"sit down with"
Generally over-thanking in every interaction, like the people you're dealing with are acting out of the kindness of their hearts rather than bc it's their job. So much wasted time reading unnecessarily long emails because of this. I much prefer authentic & curt, than buttoned-up, and obsequious. |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:09 - Oct 8 with 1170 views | DanTheMan |
"We're aligned on that"
Urrrrggghhh. |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:13 - Oct 8 with 1161 views | baxterbasics |
One that used to really annoy me, but I don't see so much these days, is the use of 'revert' in an email when they really just mean 'reply'. |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:19 - Oct 8 with 1141 views | Cafe_Newman |
My office days are over so I don't have my finger on the pulse of the most recent business speak, unfortunately.
That said, a word which is currently trending among the general public right now is "performative"
https://books.google.com/ngram
and an expression which is making a comeback is "back in the day".
https://books.google.com/ngram
Footywise, "fanbase" gontinues to fly off the charts: https://books.google.com/ngram |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:26 - Oct 8 with 1112 views | Cafe_Newman |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:01 - Oct 8 by TheMoralMajority |
I'm currently surfacing issues and allocating verticals |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:38 - Oct 8 with 1080 views | blue_curacao |
"it's not in my wheelhouse"
person X is "holding the pen"
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:06 - Oct 8 with 1015 views | bluefunk |
I get unreasonably annoyed by the constant use of “the football club”. It’s just “the club”, we don’t play anything else ffs. |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:43 - Oct 8 with 967 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:06 - Oct 8 by bluefunk |
I get unreasonably annoyed by the constant use of “the football club”. It’s just “the club”, we don’t play anything else ffs. |
They should definitely take the word 'football' out of our badge and the 'f' from our web address.
As you say, you are definitely unreasonably annoyed. | |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:47 - Oct 8 with 963 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 13:01 - Oct 8 by You_Bloo_Right |
Nobody was ever brave enough to use it but in a similar vein, "Let's drop its pants and see who wipes its bum" gained wide support. |
A colleague of mine is always quick to remind people that 'perfection shouldn't be the enemy of progress', generally when he's done a half arsed job of something and missed quite a lot of important things out. |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:49 - Oct 8 with 956 views | Meadowlark |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 15:19 - Oct 8 by Cafe_Newman |
My office days are over so I don't have my finger on the pulse of the most recent business speak, unfortunately.
That said, a word which is currently trending among the general public right now is "performative"
https://books.google.com/ngram
and an expression which is making a comeback is "back in the day".
https://books.google.com/ngram
Footywise, "fanbase" gontinues to fly off the charts: https://books.google.com/ngram |
"fanbase" is a regular on here. Every time I see it I make a note. There are a few others that aren't necessarily jargon, but they do crop up.
I particularly dislike:
"gotten"
"as per"
"hence why"
"No?"
"alternate" (when alternative is meant)
But who cares? (Other than me!) |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:57 - Oct 8 with 940 views | Kievthegreat |
Someone in my office makes business lingo bingo sheets.
A fair few of the ones in here have made it onto sheets before.
Others include:
"Let's put our foot on the ball"
"All the steps in the dance"
"Make sure we're standing on 10ft of concrete"
"Trying to boil the ocean"
"That's not quite in the scope of this conversation" |  | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 17:21 - Oct 8 with 888 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:49 - Oct 8 by Meadowlark |
"fanbase" is a regular on here. Every time I see it I make a note. There are a few others that aren't necessarily jargon, but they do crop up.
I particularly dislike:
"gotten"
"as per"
"hence why"
"No?"
"alternate" (when alternative is meant)
But who cares? (Other than me!) |
Well as we are straying a bit from business speak specifically, "fine tooth comb" always stands out for me.
I have never seen a tooth comb, fine or otherwise categorised, for sale let alone in real life (although Wiki does tell me this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ )
Of course I could just read it as it should be, "fine-tooth comb" (a comb with fine - very thin - teeth) or, my elderly preference, "fine-toothed comb" (a comb with teeth set close together) but well ....
HYPHENS ARE IMPORTANT, DAMMIT!!!!!! | |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 17:34 - Oct 8 with 874 views | Guthrum |
"Could you just ..." |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 18:13 - Oct 8 with 844 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:06 - Oct 8 by bluefunk |
I get unreasonably annoyed by the constant use of “the football club”. It’s just “the club”, we don’t play anything else ffs. |
I’m not so sure about that. We play politics sometimes  |  |
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| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 18:20 - Oct 8 with 829 views | Wheels |
"Who's got the A on this?"
Never heard it before joining current company and I hate it | | | |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 07:15 - Oct 9 with 581 views | Cafe_Newman |
| Apropos of nothing- business speak which is particularly objectionable on 16:49 - Oct 8 by Meadowlark |
"fanbase" is a regular on here. Every time I see it I make a note. There are a few others that aren't necessarily jargon, but they do crop up.
I particularly dislike:
"gotten"
"as per"
"hence why"
"No?"
"alternate" (when alternative is meant)
But who cares? (Other than me!) |
Bingo!
What are you going to do with your list of "fanbase offenders"? [Post edited 9 Oct 7:19]
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