A survey conducted by temporary staffing company Accountemps now gives visibility to the most annoying jargon smattered about offices throughout corporate America. According to the 150 senior executives polled…
15 MOST ANNOYING CLICHES
As identified by the Accountemps survey
1. At the end of the day
2. Solution
3. Thinking outside the box
4. Synergy
5. Paradigm
6. Metrics
7. Take it offline
8. Redeployed people
9. Core Competency
10. Win-win
11. Value-added
12. Get on the same page
13. Customer-centric
14. Generation X
15. Alignment
What might we find if we polled 150 CAD Managers?
As identified by CADDMANAGER.com thinking
1. Latest and Greatest
2. Latest Release
3. CAD Guru
4. Migration
5. Pain Point
6. At this point in time
7. ???
Let me know what terms annoy you…
10 Comments To "15 MOST ANNOYING CLICHES"
#1 Comment By Anonymous On March 1, 2005 @ 8:21 AM
If you watch the Apprentice they are always bitching about “Skill Set”
Ric Hammond
#2 Comment By R.K. McSwain On March 4, 2005 @ 4:23 AM
Q: When do you need that?
A: “Yesterday”
#3 Comment By Reggie On March 8, 2005 @ 1:27 PM
“Guru” would have to be one of my Top 10 all time least favorite words used at work. Esp CAD Guru!
#4 Comment By Anonymous On March 9, 2005 @ 9:06 AM
“going forward” to mean from now on.
think _____ e.g. “Think ‘Bladerunner'” to mean “such as in the movie Bladerunner” (this one was especially popular in newspapers and magazines about a year ago)
I also hate it when people must “grapple” with difficult issues.
How about these:
“collaboration tools”
“enterprise-wide deployment”
DSStokes
#5 Comment By dman On March 28, 2005 @ 2:31 PM
“It is what it is ..”
Definitely CAD Guru too.
#6 Comment By Anonymous On April 11, 2005 @ 5:05 AM
Kindly add “Repurposing”.
I was watching HGTV the other day and the Architect made a comment to the effect of “We repurposed the sidewalk concrete by demolishing it and using it for the walkway.” Ay yi yi.
Thanks for an excellent Blog.
#7 Comment By Anonymous On September 9, 2005 @ 6:45 AM
“No Brainer” drives me crazy!!!
#8 Comment By Jimmy Guana On November 4, 2007 @ 7:47 AM
I would have thought “Having said that…” and “send a message” would be right up there on the annoying list.
#9 Comment By james On May 19, 2009 @ 4:23 PM
I adding my most annoying cliche to the list–tip of the iceburg.People in the news media overuse this cliche. If I was paid a dollar for every time I heard a news reporter use this cliche, I would become a millionaire.
Since people in the news media have degrees in journalism, they should say something original instead of this overused cliche.
#10 Comment By George On May 14, 2010 @ 9:15 AM
Most anticipated (By who? I couldn’t care less!!)
Walk-off home run (What is this, a Broadway play?)
24/7 (How over-used is that one?)
Basically (Think of another way to start a sentence!)