Friday, June 25, 2010

25 words I never want to hear again.

1. Paradigm.
2. Agency model.
3. Robust.
4. e-mail thread.
5. Methodology.
6. Skill set.
7. Vision.
8. Operationalize.
9. Rounded corners.
10. Circle back.
11. Pre-meeting.
12. Brain-storming.
13. Exploratory.
14. Actualize.
15. Guesstimate.
16. Prioritization.
17. Workshop.
18. Visioning.
19. Pre-read.
20. Ideation.
21. Scoping.
22. Scope of work.
23. Statement of work.
24. Calendar (as a verb.)
25. Cheers!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bucket.

Laura said...

Some other favorites:

Face-to-face
Interface
Billable hours
Profitability
Enter your hours

James Francis said...

Going forward.

One of the more pretentious pieces of doublespeak.

Tore Claesson said...

cheers!

Hoover said...

Stakeholder
To leverage
Utilize

12XU said...

grammar police: some of those are phrases so that ups your word count to over 25.