Officespeak

After being in the IT industry for a bit less than 5 years (spread over TCS & IBM), I have come across more than my share of "Officespeak". Here's a list of stuff that I find cliched/funny -

Communication phrases

  • touch base
  • ping her
  • stand on his head
  • shoot a mail
  • drop a mail
  • revert back
  • take it offline

 

Action Phrases

  • proactive
  • prioritize
  • take ownership
  • thinking out of the box
  • getting on top of it
  • synergize
  • raise the bar
  • value add
  • leverage
  • hit the ground running
  • deep dive
  • empower
  • ramp up
  • win-win
  • pulling up our socks
  • escalate
  • brings to the table
  • moving forward
  • cost cutting
  • table that

 

Nouns

  • lessons learnt
  • deliverables
  • bandwidth
  • same page
  • agenda
  • action items
  • show stopper
  • resources
  • bullet points
  • best practices
  • EOD (end of day)
  • roadmap
  • SPOC (single point of contact)
  • COB (close of business)

 

Misc

  • sweets at desk 095
  • happy weekend

This is still work-in-progress. Suggestions to this list are welcome.