A person’s way of speaking changes depending on the situation or with whom they are speaking. It is natural, because it would be weird to talk with your friends the same way you talk with a teacher or a professor and vice versa.
Because of that, certain speech patterns may form with their own lexicon and syntax. Like there are phrases that people always use in written speech, for example, emails, there are also spoken phrases that are used in certain contexts, like the workplace.
The workplace is a formal environment and to create it, there are certain words or phrases that management or HR like to use, but they don’t come across as they are intended. This is evident from a thread on Reddit that user Spec1alistInFailure started by asking “What corporate buzzwords/phrases make your skin crawl?” in which people listed things their colleagues say that they can’t stand.
Which phrases do you agree are the most annoying? Are there any others that you think people should stop saying? Let us know in the comments!
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#1 Girl Boss
Girl boss. I’m a woman who has to work for a living, not a girl boss. Also not a girl. I’m an adult.
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#2 A Dynamic And Enthusiastic Team Player Who Is Confident And Adaptable
“We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team player who is confident and adaptable. Responsibilities include supporting senior leadership and taking responsibility for duties and workloads as assigned. You’ll be a member of an exciting and fast paced team working in a challenging environment.”
YES BUT WHAT DO I DO?
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#3 In The Trenches
“In the trenches”. I find it very distasteful. I am sitting in an air-conditioned office FFS. I could not be further from the horrors of trench warfare.
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#4 “Resource” As A Synonym For “Person”
“Resource” as a synonym for “person”
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#5 Corporate Culture And Core Values
“Corporate Culture” and “Core Values”
Just, stop.
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#6 Fast Paced Environment
llcucf80 said:
Fast paced environment
Darwinian_10 added:
Aka: you’ll be doing the work of two or three, but only getting paid for one (barely).
Source: I worked in a “fast paced environment” for nearly five years. I had a nervous breakdown and panic attacks, and am now on anti-anxiety medication.
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#7 Record Profits But No Raises Will Be Given
I will strangle the life out of the next person who says “record profits”, especially when followed with “but no raises will be given”.
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#8 We’re A Family Here
We’re a family here
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#9 Wear Many Hats
“Wear many hats”
Aka do your job and other people’s jobs as well
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#10 Collaboration
Collaboration. This is the main reason they’re pushing return to office. We need to collaborate with our peers! Think of the brainstorming you’ll do next to the elevators and water fountain!
In reality we’ll be having team meetings at our desks via teams while I do glorified data entry. We don’t collaborate at all.
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#11 Empowerment Or Transparency
Mingismungis said:
Empowerment or transparency
Companies don’t know what these words mean.
shutterspeak answered:
Empowered = you actually have no additional power, you just shoulder more blame when things go wrong.
Transparent = you tell me everything and I’ll tell you what I need you to know.
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#12 Rightsizing
“Rightsizing” It means they’re going to fire a bunch of people and dump all that extra work on those who remain.
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#13 We’re Looking For Rockstars
Rockstar
as in “we’re looking for rockstars” in a workplace that is as far removed from guitars, moshpits, and headbanging as possible.
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#14 In These Unprecedented Times
In these unprecedented times
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#15 I’ll Give You Back (X) Minutes Of Your Day
“I’ll give you back (x) minutes of your day.” after ending a meeting early.
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#16 Circling Back
Circling back
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#17 Structural Changes
We’re going through some structural changes, but you have nothing to worry about
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#18 Piggyback
Piggyback…as in “Great point, Fred. I’d like to piggy back on what you said with some more irrelevant information.”
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#19 Calling The Service You Sell A “Solution”
Calling the service you sell a “Solution“
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#20 Let’s Park This For Now
“let’s park this for now” is a synonym for “I won’t ever talk about this again”
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#21 Synergy
Synergy
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#22 Leveraging Diversity
i-need-blinker-fluid said:
Leveraging diversity.
2PlasticLobsters added:
A lot of the time it’s tokenism. We hired a black guy, & promoted a woman. And I’m pretty sure someone here is gay. Yay, we’re diverse!
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#23 Low Hanging Fruit
Touch/touching base and low hanging fruit.
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#24 Scalable
Scalable.
Using “Ask” as a noun.
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