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.