Corporate Jargon - You Gotta Love It
Friday, November 10th, 2006|
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You gotta love this…if you work in an office, you most certainly have heard the following sample list of corporate jargon. Perhaps you haven’t heard all of them, but I am sure you have had the pleasure of listening to the cooler people in your office rattle these things off, day in and day out. FYI - this is not an exhaustive list…I am going to add on to it as I hear them. Please feel free to add your own as a comment.
- “At the end of the day” (number 1 of all time)
- “Brainchild” - whoever thought of this word needs to be punched in the face
- COB - Close of business
- I need to to “champion” this (spearhead) (ooohhh, that’s really annoying)
- I have to go “put out a few fires”
- It’s a horse race
- Push the envelope
- Don’t “reinvent the wheel”
- Best of breed (oh, that’s annoying)
- Let’s have a power (working) lunch
- It’s great to finally “touch base” with you
- Seems like we are playing “phone tag…you’re it”
- Let’s circle back around tomorrow
- I think we’ve got a “key player” here
- Please keep me “in the loop”
- I wanted to give you a “heads up”
- Kudos
- Let me “wrap my head around this”
- Let’s “think outside the box”
- I’d like to revise an “addendum” to that piece
- Signing emails with “regards” or “best”
- Using one initial as your name in emails, like “J”
- FYI
- As per our conversation
- “Clearly” and “no worries”
- Please advise (this one strikes a nerve every time I hear it)
- “On brand” and “off brand”
- Can you be a little more “proactive”
- I will be working “off-site”
- She’s really “on top of her game”
- Here is tomorrow’s “agenda”
- At 9AM, we are going to have a “meet and greet” (grip and grin)
- Are you “in the know”
- Thanks for the “assist”
- Tnx
- I climbed that tree, got knocked down a couple of times
- Are we “on the same page?”
- I’ve “been down that road”
- That one “totally fell off the vine”
- Let’s “drill down” on this
- We’ve got to “jump into the pond”
- Let’s keep those “bees in the nest”
- Anything that talks about “team building”
- Let’s “piggyback” this with project A
- Asking a question and then answering it yourself
- Touchpoint
- Upset the apple cart
- Head fake
All time favorite email: We are putting together our publicity report for HB 5th and I would love to have a cover to grace the report that mirrors our creative - can you assist?
Who makes this stuff up? Here is a funny article on the topic…
PS - Please, please, please…now, this is just my meager opinion, but I really don’t think anyone past the age of 25 should let the phrase “24/7″ leave their lips. I think I saw a minister on TV the other day say that in a sentence…I nearly fainted right there.
Update 11/10/06
I found this great site that is ALL about Corporate Jargon. Check it out. I thought I had a great list.
