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Corporate jargon decoded
Corporate English is its own dialect. It exists partly to describe genuinely-needed concepts (action item, blocker, scope creep) and partly to soften, defer, or sidestep direct communication (let's take this offline, we'll circle back, parking lot this).
This is Slangora's catalogue of corporate and office-speak. Read it as a translation guide between what your manager says and what they probably mean.
The Corporate lexicon · 44 terms
synergy
ˈsɪn.ər.dʒi
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circle back
ˈsɜː.kəl bæk
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deep dive
diːp daɪv
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ping me
pɪŋ miː
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low-hanging fruit
loʊ ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ fruːt
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scope creep
skoʊp kriːp
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actioning
ˈæk.ʃən.ɪŋ
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align
əˈlaɪn
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bandwidth
ˈbænd.wɪdθ
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boil the ocean
bɔɪl ði ˈoʊ.ʃən
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capacity
kəˈpæs.ɪ.ti
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career catfishing
kəˈrɪər ˈkæt.fɪʃ.ɪŋ
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coffee badging
ˈkɒf.i ˈbædʒ.ɪŋ
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cross-functional
krɒs ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl
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directional
dəˈrek.ʃən.əl
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dogfood
ˈdɒɡ.fuːd
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ideation
ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən
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loud quitting
laʊd ˈkwɪt.ɪŋ
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move the needle
muːv ðə ˈniː.dəl
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nonstarter
nɒnˈstɑː.tər
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north star metric
nɔːθ stɑːr ˈmet.rɪk
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OKR
ˌoʊ.keɪˈɑːr
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passion tax
ˈpæʃ.ən tæks
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pre-mortem
priː ˈmɔː.təm
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quiet firing
ˈkwaɪ.ət ˈfaɪər.ɪŋ
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quiet promoting
ˈkwaɪ.ət prəˈmoʊt.ɪŋ
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quiet quitting
ˈkwaɪ.ət ˈkwɪt.ɪŋ
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RACI
ˈreɪ.si
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rage applying
reɪdʒ əˈplaɪ.ɪŋ
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reskill
riːˈskɪl
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resume canyon
ˈrez.ə.meɪ ˈkæn.jən
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retro
ˈret.roʊ
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scrum
skrʌm
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shift left
ʃɪft left
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snackable
ˈsnæk.ə.bəl
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sprint
sprɪnt
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stakeholder alignment
ˈsteɪk.hoʊl.dər əˈlaɪn.mənt
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standup
ˈstænd.ʌp
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stealth working
stelθ ˈwɜːk.ɪŋ
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story points
ˈstɔː.ri pɔɪnts
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synergize
ˈsɪn.ər.dʒaɪz
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touch base
tʌtʃ beɪs
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upskill
ˌʌpˈskɪl
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velocity
vəˈlɒs.ɪ.ti
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Bottom line
Most corporate vocabulary trades clarity for plausible deniability. Decoding the words is half of working in any large organisation.
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