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
– We didn’t “see around that corner”
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.
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