Buzzwords & Phrases

[Annette Curtain]

I?sometimes work in the design industry?

And as with all close-working-environments there are certain words (code almost) that indicate all is going well or not.?

However, I do want to leap out of "the window of opportunity" at some of the horrid phrases and *buzzwords I hear?

(generally from middle management/outside consultants/agencies)?

For me, the following gnaw at my sinuses:?

Outside the box?

Float that idea?

Edgy?

Blues sky (I just can't write the rest of that one)?

Admittedly, some of these have died out somewhat

(though one man did say them all a few weeks ago & quite possibly ironically but...)?

Which ones "Float or Sink" your boat as it were ??

Netts:-S

*Kicks "buzzword" in the slats*

[woodrot]

"Theres no I in team"

Yes, but there a U in Cun.....

[*Bob*]

In the muzak world, 'organic' held sway for many years, but has now been universally replaced by 'edgy'.

Indeed, contemporary, upbeat and edgy accounts for around 96% of music briefs - along with the suggestion that you 'just have fun with it'

[david_carnell]

Or going for a walk as most of us refer to it.

Sometimes, working in Government communications really is like an episode of TwentyTwelve or In The Thick Of It.

Much current favourites/most-hated include:

taking a discussion "off-line" i.e. talking about that later

"incentivising"

"benchmarks"

"qualitative shift"

"spreading the field"

"feed in"

and finally, in a performance management re-organisation meeting this week:

"an extra layer of 'how' and the normal amount of 'what'"

[Brendan]

They?ve obviously had the consultants in again upstairs because lately I?ve been asked to both optimise and synergise. Without a hint of irony I might add.

[Undisputedtruth]

An old favourite - stakeholders.

[maxxi]

"going forward"

"Shit, what's the point of getting out of bed, today's gonna suck just like it always do" (Blues guy thinking)

[wee quinnie]

Anyone referring to a "go to"................ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[DulwichFox]

My pet hate over-used Buzzword..

Pro-active.

Basically as far as I'm concerned Pro-active. means

'Acting with Preconceived Ideas' That are usually wrong.

or

'Jumping the Gun'

Fox.

[Dee Woffaz]

I just know a 'Tool box talk' is going to grip my s#it everytime, & the one we all love 'Key performance indicators' or KPI's, f#ck em!(6)

[Ruffler]

Your department's being 'downsized' and we're gonna have to 'let you go'... :-S

[Guest]

'Pop-up'. Can't bear it. Usually a sad attempt to make the transient fashionable and credible.

[bon3yard]

Anything from Pseuds corner really, check out this nugget of word-w**kery from the esteemable Michael Gove:

"The Hegelian philosophical principle that out of a thesis and its opposed antithesis comes the hardy alloy of a synthesis has a seductive power".

MICHAEL GOVE

The Times

[????]

Game Changer and sweet spot can go and do one right now as far as I'm concerned

[Guest]

'Hard-working families'. Those of us without children are feckless gits, apparently.

[Rosie111]

'moving forward' and 'part of a wider conversation'. Eugh.

[Pugwash]

performance indicators to be worked to. Have twice yearly appraisals and have to demonstrate how I have met them.

Best way is to re hash last years blurb.

Identification of training needs - each time filled in identifying essential training but found out that nobody reads them in HR or Training and Development.

[Preston]

I'm dealing with client team right now and I'm getting sick of themm repeating "..well it depends on the art of the possible.." and also "..I don't disagree..".

UDT - Disagree 'Stakeholders' is solid. Just depends on where you're experiencing it I guess.

Fox - Disagree 'Pro-Active' is solid. It's as far cry from "..hit the ground running.." !

[DulwichFox]

Preston Wrote:

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> I'm dealing with client team right now and I'm

> getting sick of themm repeating "..well it depends

> on the art of the possible.." and also "..I don't

> disagree..".

>

> UDT - Disagree 'Stakeholders' is solid. Just

> depends on where you're experiencing it I guess.

> Fox - Disagree 'Pro-Active' is solid. It's as far

> cry from "..hit the ground running.." !

It was the Banks being Pro-Active that caused the World Economy to collapse..

Fox.

[Brendan]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> It was the Banks being Pro-Active that caused the

> World Economy to collapse..

I'm going to steal that.

[Annette Curtain]

Up-cycle ?

( hands up, I have used it in the distant past, like last year:-$ )

Now re-use sounds so much better

Nette

[Guest]

'Theatre' of war. No idea what it's supposed to mean but to me it sounds like an attempt to distance the speaker from the reality of deliberately killing people for political reasons.

[DulwichFox]

Ms B Wrote:

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> 'Theatre' of war. No idea what it's supposed to

> mean but to me it sounds like an attempt to

> distance the speaker from the reality of

> deliberately killing people for political reasons.

Nothing to do with suggesting Theatre in the sense of entertainment..

In warfare, a theater, is an area or place in which important military events occur or are progressing.

A theater can include the entirety of the air, land, and sea area that is or that may potentially become involved in war operations.

Theatre of War

Fox

[Guest]

Still annoying, sorry.

[steveo]

Comfort Zone