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In reply to the discussion: What are the dumbest jargon-y phrases and words that annoy you most? [View all]NJCher
(35,951 posts)I wouldn't be able to make it there, not even for half a day.
Before I was an English teacher, I was a marketing executive. I worked for some high profile companies that almost everyone would know.
I noticed this buzz language in all three of the companies I worked for. Finally sick of it, I started a newsletter mocking the current jargon. My newsletter was full of articles on new buzzwords, what buzzwords were out, and how to properly use the words. I even drew up my own cartoons. Of course it was satirical and I had catharsis writing it. I would stay late after work and write it up once a month. Photocopied it on the high-speed copier, and then I distributed it in the mail room.
The irony was they didn't know it was satire. They thought it was for real. I heard people talking about it in the lunchroom, for example, and telling each other that certain buzzwords were "out" and they shouldn't be using them. It was then that I realized my power (evil cackle).
Cher