Lingo schmingo

May 16th, 2010

Don’t you just hate ‘lingo’? Those phrases that people use too much (including me, although I try not to), especially in business speak.

1.  Ticks all the boxes
2.  Put your own stamp on it
3.  Let’s touch base
4.  It’s your call
5.  At this juncture
6.  Above board
7.  Give me a rough ball-park
8.  What do you feel you can bring to the table?
9.  Carte blanche
10.  Core competencies
11.  Critical Mass
12.  Cut the mustard
13.  Deliver the goods
14.  Disincentivise
15.  Drill down
16.  Due dilligence
17.  Eleventh hour
18.  Fall guy
19.  What’s the gameplan?
20.  Impactful
21.  Kudos
22.  Lie of the land
23.  Lick and a promise
24.  One-man show
25.  Out of the box
26.  Take ownership
27.  Put a few feelers out
28.  Triangulate
29.  Upshot
30.  What’s your take on…?

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