Reply to: Recent permie "buzz words"

[Iron Condor]

"Quick win"

And the other is 'low hanging fruit'.

And during a meeting 'lets discuss that offline'.

In an interview i was once told, Mr X has been promoted so we need you as a 'backfill'.

[Advocate]

"Touch base"

"Quick win"

It always makes me feel a little violated...

[GreenerGrass]

"Touch base"

"Quick win"

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I hate "going forward" "one to one" and the fact that everything is "grab" - grab lunch grab a coffee etc etc

[bogeyman]

Has to be the phrase: -

"going forward"

Especially when employed as a conclusion to any debate where the speaker assumes that no come-back is a) necessary, or b) possible.

e.g:-

The project is a disaster and you are all screwed, and sacked, except for me, and I will ensure the project works out for the best, GOING FORWARD.

People who say "Going Forward" should have a broom handle inserted into their fundament and waved aloft - preferably aflame.

[dozer]

time for a blue sky session so we can all synergyze.

[Bagpuss]

Epic Fail denotes a twat

[TykeMerc]

One of the tech architects at my current gig loves "Instantiated", in context it is obvious what he means, but "built" would have been a lot easier and as applicable.

[jmo21]

No No play the game

make some absolutlely crap phrases up and see if anyone ever questions them

more than likely not as they feel they will not have been pushing the envelope enought to synergise their tongue with the bosses azz if they are not up to speed on this weeks round of wink words.

+1 - buzzword bingo - YAS!

[original PM]

No No play the game

make some absolutlely crap phrases up and see if anyone ever questions them

more than likely not as they feel they will not have been pushing the envelope enought to synergise their tongue with the bosses azz if they are not up to speed on this weeks round of wank words.

[bogeyman]

I'd expect it's consultants brought in to help the company who should shoulder a lot of the blame.

Yes. No doubt about that.

I remember in the mid 1980s when I was a lowly spod, that management consultants (e.g. Kearney) oozed their filthy way into my organization and began using phrases like "blue sky thinking" and "pushing the envelope".

The only "envelope" I wanted to push, was my tightly-rolled, and unlubricated resignation letter, forcefully up the sphincter of Kearney's 'principal consultant'.

Fortunately they tired of the battle and withrew, licking their wounds and salving their conciences with about £2M. Bastard tulips!

[Lockhouse]

Everyone here has just started using "Conflation"

[d000hg]

I hate permies.

I'd expect it's consultants brought in to help the company who should shoulder a lot of the blame.

[Clippy]

The most irritating bit of corporate cackspeak I ever heard was 'transformation has just become a verb', at a bank in Holland.

It may have been accurate if the guy was a AutoBot.

[Mich the Tester]

The most irritating bit of corporate cackspeak I ever heard was 'transformation has just become a verb', at a bank in Holland.