whitecollarspeak is a pestilence of the corporate age

[kunstler89]

i love my job. ferrls. but i would love it a lot more if the following words/phrases retreated back to their homes in the Land of Actual Linguistic Signification, or else died an unmourned death:

• aligned
• disconnect
• reach out
• get our arms around
• meet you halfway

Comments

[fightscrime]

Motherfucking tweak. This is very similar to a list of words that are overused at non-profits that some other internet friends of mine came up with.
The big one, other than"tweak:" "sustainable."

[sea_bound]

The one that gets a vein to throb in my head is "actualize."

The last time someone used it, I actually looked at her and said, "Are you fucking kidding me?" I couldn't even hold it in. Not so much a fan of "leverage" either. Christ.

You'll enjoy these:

http://www.betterworkplacenow.com/bingo/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_speak
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2005/03/new_office_slan.html
http://intopr.prblogs.org/2007/06/23/9-business-speak-cliches-to-abolish/
http://www.amanet.org/performance-profits/editorial.cfm?Ed=370

[sea_bound]

So, I was trolling on LJ looking for something and I came across this. I am sorry to say (really, really sorry) that half of these terms are now in my frequently-used vocabulary list. God it sucks to be a consultant sometimes. I'm so ashamed of myself.

:P