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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preply, which teaches clients foreign languages they need to thrive at work, also has a fix on the often weird and grating dialect of the workplace–including overused terms that make employees wince.

Bering Strait regional nonprofit Kawerak has published a language glossary that provides research, science, policy and resource management terms in English, Inupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik and ...

To no one’s surprise, “reaching out” is the reigning champ with 6,117 appearances, shortly followed by follow-ups of all ...

In content marketing and in journalism, the word jargon has come to be used mostly as an insult. It's a label that people put on unfamiliar language they dismiss as gibberish. Jargon has another ...

If you’re using terms like “make hay” and “peel the onion” in your job ads, stop. Just stop. Even words like “dynamic” and “self-starter” can trip a reader up. According to an analysis of 6.3 million ...

Connect with your clients (and referral sources) by using their industries’ jargon in your thought leadership marketing. When it comes to attorneys’ content marketing and thought leadership marketing ...

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 ...