A global survey found most employees are overwhelmed by corporate vocabulary and clichés. But experts say there's a surprising social function behind all that officespeak. At a glance, these phrases ...

Imagine you’re hiring for an important position in your company and two candidates come in to interview. One peppers his sentences with jargon. The other speaks plainly in everyday language. What can ...

Now's a good time — if you have the bandwidth — to touch base about a pain point that's evidently bothering many white-collar workers: office jargon. The business buzzwords (or corporate cliches, if ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Brown writes about business communication. “I find it frustrating to be somewhat trapped by a long-standing and robustly ...

Do you use jargon at work? If you do, you might find yourself ‘old school’. Those coming into the workplace are not as keen on your ‘blue sky thinking’. The AI career tool Kickresume has considered ...

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Roland Denning hits the books and uncovers some of the obscure origins of film lingo still in everyday use. Every trade has its jargon. New terms need to be invented for new practices, but sometimes ...

They're unavoidable — corporate buzzwords and gobbledygook. Put a pin in it. Circle back. I'll loop you in. Deep dive. Best practice. These words are the audio wallpaper that surrounds the American ...