There's a classic Gary Larson "The Far Side" cartoon that goes something like this: What we say to dogs: "OK, Ginger! I've had it! You stay out of the garbage, Ginger! Understand, Ginger? Stay out of ...

Setting: a sunny office on an early-spring afternoon. Mojo the dog is sleeping on a pillow in the corner. Liz is sitting at the conference table. The phone rings. Liz: I hate it, but it's like kudzu.

Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from synergy to value-add to... Anne Curzan, English ...

Business jargon, corporate-speak, and buzzwords are nearly universal workplace constants that people use whether they love them or hate them. Now a pair of studies reflect just how ingrained office ...

My dad and my brothers were into baseball and football. I picked up some of the terminology by osmosis as a kid. When I hit the business world, I knew what some of the standard business jargon meant ...

On the latest episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ Fast Company editors debate the worst business jargon of all time and decide which word needs to be eliminated from our vocabulary. Click to expand.

Let’s face it. Business jargon gets a bad rap. I’m sure you’ve seen the countless Dilbert cartoons, the internet jokes, the memes… all making fun of a form of speech that has empowered us all to think ...

More than a year ago, I complained about those who use business jargon. These words and phrases continue to haunt me. Bear with me while I create a scenario. A big-time business tycoon is speaking to ...

Sick of leveraging your synergies and don’t have enough bandwidth to move the needle? Vote for which tired phrases to take offline forever. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who would cop to ...

Business jargon, business clichés, corporate speak….these terms refer to phrases we all hear in the office every day that are overused and annoying, and one recent survey has finally confirmed what ...

Let’s face it. Business jargon gets a bad rap. I’m sure you’ve seen the countless Dilbert cartoons, the internet jokes, the memes… all making fun of a form of speech that has empowered us all to think ...