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re: What are some common corporate euphemisms used at your office?

Posted on 6/27/23 at 8:53 am to
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3293 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 8:53 am to
"Is what it is"
fricking hate that one. Like fingernails on a chalk board.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57574 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 8:56 am to
"Let's not go down that rabbit hole."
"You guys really knocked it out of the park."
"We're in it to win it!"
"Diversity is our strength."
"T. Tiger, am I boring you?"

Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
27965 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 8:58 am to
I’ve been with the same company for 11 years. It’s a fortune 5 and the ultimate corporate BS culture

Our big ones:

Let’s double click on that
We’re having heartburn on that one
We have a call every Monday to go through all our Headwinds and Tailwinds

Kill me
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
156177 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:02 am to
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Another arrow for the quiver


If someone said this in my presence at work id calmly walk over and punch them in the face

Then I’d get arrested, charged with assault and possibly do time but it would be worth it
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
83048 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:03 am to
quote:

Starting an email with “Team”.


Ours is "squad"
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23433 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:06 am to
quote:

Conference Call Bingo
quote:

"Can you see my screen?"

The amount of people who participate in these regularly and still don't know how to immediately share their screen or put their slideshow into presentation mode is maddening.
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
17272 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:06 am to
Can't stop dancing with the gorilla till the gorilla is done.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
18037 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:13 am to
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This post was edited on 6/27/23 at 11:35 am
Posted by Planetarium
Member since Jul 2020
243 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:19 am to
Everything involves a “Drill down.”
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8442 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:21 am to
The only thing I know is "If I can afford for you to be on vacation for longer than a week, I probably don't need you."
Posted by Caddy Bayou
Waveland
Member since Dec 2021
108 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:22 am to
These are somewhat dated but they still irritate me :
“The light just came on”
“We need to shift the paradigm”
“We need to get the chicken glaze out of our eyes”
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
7286 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:36 am to
"all hands on deck"

"We need to get a more granular view of this situation"

Posted by highpockets
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2015
1923 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:42 am to
quote:

bandwidth is the newest annoying one.


That is an oldie for us, glad it didn't stick around long.

We use full plate or room on your plate instead, my all time fave is Bio Break.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
22867 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:43 am to
Thankfully I work for a small family owned company, so its mostly "Where's my fricking proposal," or "can you pull your head out of your arse for a moment and do your job?"
Posted by BigFatPig
Member since Nov 2020
295 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:46 am to
We have a dumbass lady who can't get through a single meeting without asking "What is the cadence on that?" at least 3-5 times. Seriously thinking of paying another lady big bucks to beat that woman's arse to a cadence she would understand.

Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
14372 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:46 am to
A brand new one I’m hearing is “recipe card.” As far as I can tell, it means a bulleted list.

Outlook should autocorrect “my understanding is” with “I don’t know but I think”.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:47 am to
Yall hiring?
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
9956 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:49 am to
"Need you to run some laps on this for my meeting"

meaning: Developer needs me to provide a market analysis with some good comps so we can increase our loan amount with the bank.
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2207 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:50 am to
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euphemisms



ETA
quote:

eu·phe·mism
noun
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

"Workforce optimization" is a corporate euphemism for "layoff".


This post was edited on 6/27/23 at 9:56 am
Posted by Tomatocantender
Boot
Member since Jun 2021
4857 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:52 am to
Evolve and elevate.

You would think after Horseface marketing woman lost billions at Butt Light that these 2 words would be avoided at meetings. Nope.
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