Corporate Glossary

Corporate jargon, variously known as corporate speak, corporate lingo, business speak, business jargon, management speak, workplace jargon, corporatese or commercialese, is the vernacular often used in large corporations, bureaucracies, and similar workplaces.

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30,000 Foot View

Don’t bore me with the details, i’m too smart for this, just give me the top line (see top line)

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Blue sky

We have no strategy, but we did some work as a bonus.

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Boil the ocean

You don’t have budget or time to do all of this, so let’s not try to boil the ocean (and not take on more than we can handle at one time)

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Circle back

We have absolutely no idea how to address this issue at the moment- so let’s circle back on that

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Delta

a term that makes one look smart when simple asking the difference between two numbers

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Devil is in the details

As we explore the muntia of this we will explore how screwed we really are

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Hard stop

You tend to run over on meetings so i’m letting you know, right now, that i’m hanging up regardless of where you are in whatever this is

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I Digress

to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument. Synonym: But I Digress after spending 15 minutes not talking about the topic i was supposed to be talking about and therefor wasting the total meeting but I digress

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Let’s put a pin in it

I don’t like your idea and would rather stab it PS. We do not endorse idea violence

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Let’s put some time back on the calendar

You bore me and i know you booked the hour but i’m done early so lets give you some back on the calendar.

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Low-Hanging Fruit

Why work hard and climb to the top, just grab the low stuff. Kidding aside, it means sometimes small wins go a long way to build moral and team confidence, especially in a project based culture, so yeah – that feature is low-hanging fruit, so let’s do that first.

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