Posted on 10/04/2010 7:34:07 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Last year about this time, I posted a list (plus definitions and correct usage) of the office cliches least loved by a random sampling of executives polled by Accountemps. You may — like me — be too snobby and old-fashioned to want to sling the lingo, but you've got to know it or run the risk that your peers and superiors deem you hopelessly out of the loop. (Oops, there's a tired office phrase if there ever was one!) That's why I have made it my personal mission to keep you up to date.
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Your post is clearly aligned to best practices.
“Caveat and Selective Ignorance.”
The more annoying is Willfull Ignorance...esp whrn it is the ‘boss’.
Whenever I hear “at the end of the day”, I make sure to put my hand up and ask if he thinks it will be done by 5 or 6 PM, or should I call home and say I’ll be late. They’re starting to get the hint.
I was totally surprised. I figured for sure the guy was a closet case. /s
Here’s one that’s still timely:
“Malignant Incompetence” - used to describe Barack Obama.
You're thinking 9/10 in a 9/12 world.
LOL
That there’s funny, I don’t care what you say....
Someone I work with says that “it is what it is” at least a few times a day. And says, “I’ll be out of pocket” to mean he cannot be reached at certain times, and several other strange probably trendy buzzword things that I don’t keep up with. I always ask him to explain himself when he uses the strange phrases. Not sure which one of us looks dumb....
FUNNY.... That is what I would do. Others I seem to hear frequently: “that is a no-brainer” (but seems to be used to brand people as stupid if they don’t make the decision to buy, without consideration as to their circumstances), and “that is a sister-kisser” (to indicate a no net gain or loss factor in a decision), which always has me thinking about disgusting images of people kissing their siblings.
I have a vendor... several contacts over the years who all use the expression “reach out to”. That is the corporate mantra. The employees probably have to write it 1000 times before they get their own password for the computers.
It makes me ABSOLUTELY INSANE. There, I feel better now.
My little consulting firm once had a flyer that read: you will never hear us say “proactive”, “synergy”, or “paradigm”.
Saying you have bandwidth available, when you mean you have time available, is one of the lamest office buzzwords I’ve heard.
I can see both heavily in use at the White House these days.
Failure Cascade perfectly captures the theme of the Obama incompetence, from start to finish.
Bus Factor is where Obama looks at everyone’s capacity help him politically, as in “If I throw this guy under the bus, how does that help me?”
I’ve heard “Good. You’re thinking outside the box” as a reply to a totally absurd suggestion. Similar to “Good question.”
Dunno........I probably got the memo........ but I must have lost it.
“Impact” for the word “affect.”
“Utilize” (always used incorrectly) for “use.” “Utilize” and “use” are two different words with different meanings which are not the same.
Guesstimate. (Puke!!!)
“At this point in time.”
The last two words are redundant. “At this point” already means “now.”
Lucky for me I’m blissfully behind the times on corporate nonsense.
I think that translates into, “I’d hit it.” No?
All tech sites/magazines and books use “she” as the personal pronoun these days, especially if the reference is to “boss.”
It’s the new feminism, and it’s irritating.
There was an article in PC World that kept saying “when your boss tells you...she wants...” yet there was no similar use of “your boss..he..”
Ed
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