bradgeiser asks what office jargon drives you crazy?

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  August 22, 2008 at 03:54 ManuelViloria paradigm shift, intervention, at the end of the day, best of breed...
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:02 The Bim zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *wakes up* What's going on. Oh paradigm shi....zzzzzzzz
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:10 bradgeiser im tellin you Bim you are wasting your talents in a marketing department.
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:11 bradgeiser How about: Net of discussion, moving forward, quality centric, hype-on
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:16 ems｜ 李慧珍 says hype-on ---> i hear that one A LOT!
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:22 Tabachoy Man says i hear those words every now and then. corporate doublespeask is as meaningless as the word "world-class". words that don't mean anything
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:22 Tabachoy Man says they just sound good and make you feel stupid when your boss says it
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:21 Tabachoy Man says lucky for me, my boss and our management people do not mince their words when they talk to us. yay for lawson
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:31 bradgeiser Interesting how the words used to describe how good something is are the most meaningless
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:33 bradgeiser Anyone know other good ones?
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:35 bradgeiser I personally am not fond of digital or the prefix of I or E to make things feel technological.
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:34 bradgeiser Also really skeptical of the word Revolution
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:48 fritz "two things" and "at the end of the day." They're just terms but I space out whenever I hear them during discussions.
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:51 Rick Astley says There should be an office jargon bingo. Arrange terms like "this is a win-win situation", "basically speaking", and the like in a grid...
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:51 Rick Astley says ... first to cross out all 25 boxes wins!!!
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:57 TheBadMonkey one of my favorites is "blamestorming"
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  August 22, 2008 at 04:59 Tabachoy Man says but blamestorming is not office jargon. it's standard practice
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  August 22, 2008 at 05:09 TheBadMonkey
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  August 22, 2008 at 05:13 bradgeiser Yeah, I saw a site on that, think Ill adopt the phrase 404!
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  August 22, 2008 at 05:14 bradgeiser Also, is there anyone whose mission vision and values DON't sound like utter bullshit?
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  August 22, 2008 at 05:42 jencc | 我是蔡蘋蘋。 says at the end of the day. never fails to drive me nuts