Outside the box was there again, along with loop me in, synergy, low-hanging fruit, incentivize, actionable items, and bandwidth - among many more.īut in recent years this corporate-speak has started to creep into other areas of public discourse - most notably into politics. Soon after this year’s Presidential Inauguration, the BBC published an insightful article asking “Why do politicians use business jargon?”, in which it examined some of the reasons for this spread of cringe-provoking lingo into political and other arenas. “American politicians have been salting their speech with business jargon for some time,” Hank Sheinkopf, a New York-based political adviser, is quoted as saying. Visit these two interactive sites if you want to enjoy hours of fun with business bullshit: “The lexicon of business schools - “outcomes”, “bottom lines” and “results” - has become a way for politicians to appear authoritative and objective.” Read the full article by Sally Davies here. This entry was posted in Language, Words, phrases & expressions, Yanks vs. Brits and tagged bullshit bingo, business jargon, corporate buzzwords on Maby Louise.Ever played office buzzword Bingo? It’s also known as Bullshit Bingo game and if it’s still doesn’t ring a bell – even Dilbert has known it since 1994. Basically, it’s a bingo game with most commonly used words in meetings, and if you hear one, you cross it out, until you can claim BINGO. If you could create one for your corporate meetings, what would the words be? It’s all about the words most used in your meetings, words that fill up your conversations, presentations and ‘motivational posters’. The challenge with buzz words is that we hear them so often, that we stop question their meaning.
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