Jerry M. Adams http://www.empowermint.com 2m 574 #businessjargon
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Don’t be ALAP for meeting at the XYZ Conference Center. Get amped for the conference though. That’s because it provides free lunch, tea and dinner – it’s a full service business meeting. But be wary, it can be a bait and switch job. You may not learn anything new – in fact, it can get you Banglored. If it turns out to be a dud, the organizers will likely get into a blamestorming meeting.
Every sentence above contains business jargon that’s music to the corporate ear, but Greek for the Average Joe. Here is a brain dump of silly business meeting jargon that should hopefully keep you amused for the rest of this article:
- ALAP
As Late As Possible. Very fashionable trend at conferences unless the CEO or HR manager is opening the show.
- Amped
All hyper, pumped with excitement and energy. “I am too amped up to attend the College Football for Peace and Calm Conference.”
- Bring to the Table
Intellectual contribution made by a team member at the meeting. “Don’t bring your ideas to the table. Bring a boomerang-shaped Pizza Margherita instead.”
- C-Level
The top dogs who run the company. “C-level guys should not attend conferences above sea level. Someone get them out of this hill resort.”
- Out Of Pocket
Broke. No money to spend. “Pricing the entry fee at $500/delegate flopped the “Conference Center Fashion” event.”
- Banglored
When an American job gets outsourced to Bangalore, an Indian city. “There’s just one profession in America that cannot be Banglored – that of a lawyer.”
- Cyberslacking
Browsing the Internet on company time. “Heck, how come there’re no cyberslackers in Facebook? Is Zuckerberg sleeping or what!”
- Decision Sniper
A participant who stays silent at a business meeting and then suddenly, at the end of it, questions a decision, which forces a rethink. The sniper kills the entire meeting time in one line. “Obama did all the talking, Dick did the sniping.”
- Deja Moo
The feeling that you’ve heard all this gobbledygook before. “I’ve heard words and phrases like synergize, impact, take it to the next level, and a few others so many times, that they now sound like déjà moos.”
- Ear Candy
Flattery. “Sometimes ear candy can suck because of ear wax.”
- Empty Suits
Managers who don’t think. “Banks don’t pay attention to their empty suits. They just pay them salaries and bonuses.”
- F/U
Follow Up. Use it very, very carefully because it can be misunderstood. “Can you F/U with our CEO? He’ll be at the XYZ conference center.”
- Goat Rodeo
Chaotic business meeting. “Why are all politicians’ meeting such goat rodeos?”
- Grey-Sourcing
Hiring dinosaur programmers to keep legacy programs (example: FORTRAN) programs running. “Let’s grey-source a Cool Edit 2000 pro to make music for our business meetings.”
- Hardball
Very aggressive business strategies. “Too much hardball at work can get you an enlarged prostate.”
- Idea Shower
A brainstorming meet of creative people where ideas are thrown out rapidly. “I wanted to have an idea shower with Arab leaders but they didn’t understand what it meant and refused.”
These words are music for some, cacophony for others, and Greek to many. Do you have any contributions to make?
Source: http://www.theofficelife.com/business-jargon-dictionary-A.html
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Jerry M. Adams is a blogger with EmpowerMint in Bloomington, MN.
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