the.com/corporate speak
the art of saying nothing while sounding like you're saying everything important.
means a dialect of vague, euphemistic jargon used to soften bad news, inflate small ideas, and avoid saying what actually happened.
from grew out of 1950s management theory and got turbocharged by hr and consulting culture, which needed language that couldn't be quoted back in a lawsuit or a headline.
layoffsbecome right-sizing or synergy realization
synergyone of the most mocked words in business history
circle backoften means never following up at all
origin era1950s management theory, 1980s consulting boom