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The MOST irritating office jargon revealed, from 'pinging' emails to 'idea showers'
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| 06/02/2017
| Siofra Brennan
Posted on 06/02/2017 6:16:54 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
1. Blue-sky thinking
2. Idea shower
3. To action a project
4. Going forward
5. Brainstorm
6. Getting the ball rolling
7. Drill down
8. Out of the loop
9. Thinking outside the box
10. Touch base
11. Singing from the same hymn-sheet
12. Circle back
13. Strategic fit
14. Bottom line
15. Low hanging fruit
16. Win-win
17. Play hardball
18. Best practice
19. On my radar
20. Bench mark
21. Value added
22. To run an idea up the flagpole
23. Results driven
24. Revert
25. Game-plan .
26. Hit the ground running
27. Customer centric
28. No i in team
29. Back to the drawing-board
30. Re-inventing the wheel
31. Dot the is and cross the ts
32. Action plan
33. Bells and whistles
34. Moving the goalposts
35. Back of the net
36. On the same page
37. Open door policy
38. To ping an email
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To: heterosupremacist
Starting one's presentation or any opening comment with
"So,..."
21
posted on
06/02/2017 6:28:49 AM PDT
by
4Liberty
("Russia"? Communists have been infiltrating Hollywood & US academia for decades..........)
To: heterosupremacist
Where is “elegant solution”? That is the most annoying office jargon of all.
22
posted on
06/02/2017 6:29:39 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: heterosupremacist
I used to be irritated by a number of those phrases. However, like the ms Word ribbon, I’ve learned to love and use a lot of them. They may irritate people, but they get the point across succinctly.
I’ve been known to say, “Let me reach out to, touch base with, contact, have a pow-wow with Bill.”
23
posted on
06/02/2017 6:30:33 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: ConservativeWarrior
24
posted on
06/02/2017 6:31:21 AM PDT
by
enraged
To: heterosupremacist
What?!!??
No “empowerment”?
25
posted on
06/02/2017 6:31:26 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
To: heterosupremacist
Idea Shower isn’t so bad...as long as it isn’t a Golden Idea Shower.
26
posted on
06/02/2017 6:31:32 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgment comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgment.)
To: MamaDearest
27
posted on
06/02/2017 6:32:55 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Carthego delenda est
28
posted on
06/02/2017 6:33:16 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Arm_Bears
Me too.
Because when someone says, “reach out,” I think of “and touch someone.” Like around 300 meters.
5.56mm
29
posted on
06/02/2017 6:33:18 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Opinionated Blowhard
My favorite, which my IT director only applied to the most deserving coders, is ‘slick’.
30
posted on
06/02/2017 6:34:15 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
To: M Kehoe
Reach out.
I HATE that phrase.
31
posted on
06/02/2017 6:35:38 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
To: Sir Napsalot
I stopped reading this thread right there.
Anytime I see that word, I stop reading and go on to something else.
Anytime I hear that word, I stop listening and go off to my happy place.
32
posted on
06/02/2017 6:37:08 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: Mr. K
A couple of my additional extreme irritants
“At the end of the day”
“Stakeholder”
“Wins”
“My ask on this”
I think it was metioned but “value proposition” is one that is like an itchy sweater to me.
33
posted on
06/02/2017 6:37:13 AM PDT
by
Big Red Clay
(Greetings from the Big Red State)
To: heterosupremacist
“Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water”.
34
posted on
06/02/2017 6:37:37 AM PDT
by
OLDCU
To: Mr. Douglas
Numbers 14 (Bottom line), 20 (Benchmark) and 32 (Action plan ) aren't really jargon. They are normal terms that describe definite items and have been in use for a very, very long time.
Now, in today's business/corporate environment that is populated largely by mis-educated illiterates, their usage is not at all proper.
35
posted on
06/02/2017 6:38:17 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgment comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgment.)
To: combat_boots
Wouldn’t it be funny if your office only allowed Mafia terms to conduct communications and meetings?
36
posted on
06/02/2017 6:39:09 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
To: Roccus
Don’t hate me because we “suffer the same fate” .....
37
posted on
06/02/2017 6:39:55 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
To: heterosupremacist
“short runway”, or in general anything else that puts a situation or circumstance in a military context when no one is, in fact, at risk of dying.
38
posted on
06/02/2017 6:40:27 AM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
(Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
To: heterosupremacist
The list excludes:
- lift and shift
- virtuous cycle of activity
- my no-fail five
- pushing the envelope
- sea change
- take ownership
- world class
and so many, many more... http://www.robietherobot.com/buzzword.htm
To: heterosupremacist
Personal Cringe maker: ASAP or the long form “As soon as possible”
Is usually totally undefined.
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