The official "business jargon" you hate to hear thread

[ck_taft325is]

"Do what you have to do..."

[rwh11385]

'Leverage' was always the one that got me. Basically "use, steal from, or re-purpose"

And '20,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 feet view' = so annoying but "high level look at the problem".

A few others:
align
bandwidth
boil the ocean
buy-in
circle back
granularality
hard stop
low-hanging fruit
net-net
push back
ramp-up
scope creep
SME, subject matter expert
stakeholder
take the lead on
takeaway
value-add
value proposition
work-around

I hate that they are finding their way deeper and deeper into corporate life and even as Deloitte is trying to limit them because they don't add clarity to communication but rather make everything vague... companies keep trying to sound cool and hip. I laugh sometimes at the terms and use more colloquial and honest terms instead to make a point clearer, but 'they' like it when you use the terms they are used to and like to be dazzled with. It's frightening how easy it is to put on the BS-cap and start spurting out buzzwords once you're surrounded by them long enough.

Longer list: http://managementconsulted.com/core-content/dictionary/

[markseven]

'Leverage' was always the one that got me. Basically "use, steal from, or re-purpose"

And '20,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 feet view' = so annoying but "high level look at the problem".

A few others:
align
bandwidth
boil the ocean
buy-in
circle back
granularality
hard stop
low-hanging fruit
net-net
push back
ramp-up
scope creep
SME, subject matter expert
stakeholder
take the lead on
takeaway
value-add
value proposition
work-around

I hate that they are finding their way deeper and deeper into corporate life and even as Deloitte is trying to limit them because they don't add clarity to communication but rather make everything vague... companies keep trying to sound cool and hip. I laugh sometimes at the terms and use more colloquial and honest terms instead to make a point clearer, but 'they' like it when you use the terms they are used to and like to be dazzled with. It's frightening how easy it is to put on the BS-cap and start spurting out buzzwords once you're surrounded by them long enough.

Longer list: http://managementconsulted.com/core-content/dictionary/

Best of breed.

[Turf1600]

"Please advise"...

When I read that, it makes me want to stabmydickwithaneedle.jpg

Ugh I hate that one too.

I'll admit to using "shoot you/me a ___" and "best practice" rarely. Otherwise I'm a really no BS person. I actually find that it rubs people the wrong way. People who use these words get super hot to trot when others do the same.

[e30e]

Our job is nothing but FREAKING acronyms, FRA, EEO, UP, RR, HR, SCCM, CLC.....drawing blanks right now because I spend so much time in my head saying what it actually means. Now that I'm home from work, I can actually use real words.

[rwh11385]

Yeah, "best practice" is really annoying too. Because it usually just means 'what everyone else is doing already'. The leaders innovate and do things better than 'best practice'.

I worked at a place that had 10,000 listed acronyms. It drove me crazy being new there, and soon saw how people tried to look smarter by using them even if they didn't mean anything really.

[burkey001]

'Leverage' was always the one that got me. Basically "use, steal from, or re-purpose"

And '20,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 feet view' = so annoying but "high level look at the problem".

A few others:
align
bandwidth
boil the ocean
buy-in
circle back
granularality
hard stop
low-hanging fruit
net-net
push back
ramp-up
scope creep
SME, subject matter expert
stakeholder
take the lead on
takeaway
value-add
value proposition
work-around

I hate that they are finding their way deeper and deeper into corporate life and even as Deloitte is trying to limit them because they don't add clarity to communication but rather make everything vague... companies keep trying to sound cool and hip. I laugh sometimes at the terms and use more colloquial and honest terms instead to make a point clearer, but 'they' like it when you use the terms they are used to and like to be dazzled with. It's frightening how easy it is to put on the BS-cap and start spurting out buzzwords once you're surrounded by them long enough.

Longer list: http://managementconsulted.com/core-content/dictionary/

Whoa, whoa, keep it high level here chief. We're not going to deep dive into solution mode here. What's your elevator pitch?