Here’s your seamless end-to-end solution. You want fries with that?
OK, as anyone who attended my recent professional writing seminar can confirm, I am waging a one man war against business jargon, buzzwords and cliches. Here are my Top 10 offenders:
10. Mission Critical
9. Seamless
8. Turnkey
7. Proactive
6. Value-added
5. Paradigm (Shift)
4. Push the Envelope (What Envelope?)
3. Best-of-Breed (Use is acceptable only at dog shows)
2. Think Outside the Box (What Box?)
1. Customer-Centric (Are there any businesses around that aren't focused on customers? What the #@!$ else are they going to be focused on?)
Remember, if you still say 'Think Outside the Box,' you don't.
10. Mission Critical
9. Seamless
8. Turnkey
7. Proactive
6. Value-added
5. Paradigm (Shift)
4. Push the Envelope (What Envelope?)
3. Best-of-Breed (Use is acceptable only at dog shows)
2. Think Outside the Box (What Box?)
1. Customer-Centric (Are there any businesses around that aren't focused on customers? What the #@!$ else are they going to be focused on?)
Remember, if you still say 'Think Outside the Box,' you don't.
posted by MindComet at 1:31 PM
4 Critiques:
you've left out such favorites as:
bandwidth - as referring to available time. as in "i don't have enough bandwidth to work on any additional projects"
taking it offline - as referring to speaking about something outside of a meeting which is already... offline. as in "let's talk about this offline instead of sitting here with everyone else"
1:57 PM
Yes, those almost made the cut, but I had to cut it down to 10.
3:31 PM
I like "low hanging fruit". I'm relieved it is still allowable.
2:46 PM
Well, it shouldn't be allowable, but like I said, I had to cut the list off at some point.
10:27 PM
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