21 Office Buzzwords It’s Time to Banish Forever

Edge Media ^ | March 28, 2024 | Sarah Griffin

[DoodleBob]

It should be a felony to attach to every AI post on LinkedIn the phrase “Game Changer”.

[TBP]

These do get annoying.

[TomServo]

bttt.

[wally_bert]

The feel good word “issue” is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

[military cop]

How about the following:

Diverse

Equitable

Fair

Non profit

Charitable

I could go on and on but I’m already over it…..

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What?? “Lean into” is not on the list?

I’ve been retired six years and ALL of those are annoying as hell. But “Lean into” is my all-time raise-the-hair-on-my-neck phrase. Yuck.

“Take it offline” reminds me of “Get a room, you two.”

[Prince of Space]

At the end of the day, the bottom line is…it is what it is. 🤣

[Jagdgewehr]

“It is what it is.”

[EvilCapitalist]

I’m kind of ok with people using “circle back,” It lets me know who the left-wingers are without baiting them into an argument. It’s sort of like Coexist bumper stickers, or women with hyphenated sir-names, it’s a dead giveaway.

[grobdriver]

22. "Ask"

As in, "I have an ask"

Wife picked this up as a nurse manager. Drives me crazy.

[EvilCapitalist]

Don’t forget “inclusive.”

[CarolinaPeach]

Likewise every time someone attaches the word “crack” to any recipe. Crack chicken, Crack dessert bars, Crack 7-layer dip, etc.

Peach

[HYPOCRACY]

Silos.

With all the Indians Mike Lee has brought in get ready for

“Do the needful”
“I am wanting”

[lee martell]

I worked in several offices during the early 1990s.
I have never heard #12: Boil The Ocean, or
#20: Its On My Plate.

I’m wondering if the writer made “Boil The Ocean” up himself.

[BozoTexino]

I’ve been seeing “cohort” a lot lately. Already tired of it.

[Nervous Tick]

ROFL!
Although I’d be lyin’ if I claimed I NEVER use ANY of these. 😉

[BradyLS]

I thought #16 “ping me” was traced back to “pinging” a submarine or other vessel via sonar.

[ealgeone]

add to that list:

downstream

socialize

I will say I'm hearing less of the buzzword talk in the office.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Circle Back”

Gawd, every time I hear that I thing of Raggedy Jen the Skankenstein.

[DoodleBob]

”Verbing” should be a capital offense.