Good Tip: 50 office-speak phrases to avoid

Here are 50 office-speak phrases we love to hate, according to BBC News.

Some of our favorites:

“Going forward”

“Idea showers”

“Incentivise”

“Let’s touch base about that offline”

“Low hanging fruit”

“Conversate”

“360-degree thinking”

“Get all my ducks in a row”

“At the end of the day”

“Cascading down”

“Actioning”

“You can’t have your cake and eat it, so you have to step up to the plate and face the music.”

Anyone care to add their own?

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One thought on “Good Tip: 50 office-speak phrases to avoid

  1. “Teamwork is dreamwork”

    “If we’re so good, why aren’t we better?”

    I actually kind of like that last one – despite the fact that it gets annoying.

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