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Buzz words that make you want to kill yourself

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I know this has been done before, but lets do it in a primarily business context. Words and/or phrases that sicken you. Me:

1) Pulse (i.e. "I know Tom has worked on that, why don't you pulse him for some further info."

2) Artisanal (i.e. "These are artisanal sandwiches on ciabatta..." (at some stupid f*cking place like Quiznos, no less)

3) Leverage methodologies (i.e. "We leveraged our performance costing methodology on this program.."


I have more; this is just the tip of the iceburg. Have at it...
post #2 of 62
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You are all clowns - surely you must be annoyed by something
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You are all clowns - surely you must be annoyed by something

The Louche
post #4 of 62
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The Louche

Nice. Me too.
post #5 of 62
"Taking it to the next level"

"Paradigm Shift"

"Sick" - that's the worst one. "That's a sick pair of shades!".
post #6 of 62
Synergy.

And yes, I know I should never badmouth synergy.
post #7 of 62
Incentivize
post #8 of 62
"Thought Leadership" is starting to get really annoying
post #9 of 62
"waddup waddup" and "Hasselhoff"
as in: "dude that shirt and those jeans are so Hasselhoff"
post #10 of 62
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"Thought Leadership" is starting to get really annoying

+1!!!


I f*cking hate being a thought leader.
post #11 of 62
cross-[fill in the blank]

e.g. cross-functional, cross-relational, cross-departmental
post #12 of 62
"fusion-food"...maybe its just dated and...

"enigmatic"...every Russian hockey player who fails to meet his potential is enigmatic. An American or Canadian simply underachieves, but the Russians are "enigmatic",
post #13 of 62
Just look up any AF post that is more than a wsj link and you will encounter a bunch. Basically, corporate-speak (consultant-speak? ) e.g., 'add value'
post #14 of 62
"socialize"
as in: we need to socialize the concept with some of the other core constituencies to seek buy-in and prep the roll-out
post #15 of 62
Align, as in "Let's get together before the meeting to align on the objectives of blah blah blah"
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