the.com/corporatespeak
the language you use when you want to say nothing without technically lying.
means a dialect of English designed to make firing people, missing deadlines, and admitting failure sound like strategic progress.
from grew out of 1950s management theory and IBM-style bureaucratic memos, then exploded with the consulting boom of the 1980s-90s, when mckinsey decks needed a language vague enough to survive any outcome.
synergy originborrowed from chemistry, meaning combined effect
circle backoften means never following up at all
low hanging fruitthe only fruit anyone ever picks
right-sizinglayoffs, rebranded to sound architectural
for instance
we're pivoting — startup-speak for the last plan failed quietly
per my last email — corporate for read the email, idiot
other duties as assigned — the job description clause that means anything, anytime
let's take this offline — a meeting escape hatch used in every industry