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12Feb2018

Monday smile – From bafflegab to globaloney

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As a “Part 2” to last week’s post on the BBC’s coverage of Davos language, I’d like to point you to a whole host of examples of business jargon.

In the title above, “bafflegab” is a word for jargon used in the Pentagon in the 1960s, updated to “globaloney” by a BBC contributor. 🙂

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20Mar2017

Monday smile – Buzzwords Generator

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Regular readers will know that I do enjoy poking fun at ‘business-ese’ from to time. 🙂 So you can imagine my joy at discovering the Business Buzzwords Generator made available by The Wall Street Journal.

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6Jul2015

Monday smile – A jargon-free corporate world

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A 6-minute TED talk this morning for you, by Thea Smith, on corporate jargon, and translating it – being more “intentional” about our words.

Have a lovely week!

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