Phrases Execs Use That Make You Cringe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Solution. As a noun or a verb. Let's solution this problem.

I have a colleague who ends every other sentence with 'eksetra' and he's been promoted twice.

“Solution” used as a verb is very prevalent at my current job and it really grates on my nerves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "optics" of this or that.

+10000

Hello, fellow consultant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BREAKING DOWN 'Open Kimono'
The kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. There are conflicting etymologies for this phrase, but the one closest to its current business connotation is the idea of Japanese people loosening their kimonos to relax at home, much like loosening a tie. The term joined the business lexicon in the late 1980s during a period of increased global business interaction, most notably between Western and Japanese businesses.

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I thought the kimono was only worn by women.

LOL

[Anonymous]

I work with several of the C-suite executives at our company. I've begun keeping a list of all the stupid sayings they use in an effort to sound clever. For example, "the juice isn't worth the squeeze". What catchy phrases do your executives use that make you cringe every time you hear them?


My boss says this ALL the damn time. Hi Todd!

Mine too! Hi Katy!

[Anonymous]

The Ask
Stand up
Take it offline

[Anonymous]

Let’s “go around the horn” or “stack hands.”

Ugh...these two drive me crazy.

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe that "deep dive" has not been mentioned.

I am so sick of hearing "We will dive deep" on this or that. Meanwhile, it's usually people who don't have a clue about the subject matter they are discussing who say things like that.

Optics is commonly used at our government agency.

I also hear "I don't have visibility on that" rather than someone saying they don't know.

If I heard money shot or lift the skirt to see the warts, I don't know that I'd be able to maintain my composure.

[Anonymous]

“If you will”.

You said it and gave it context. So all choices to accept or reject have been taken away rendering my “will” irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Boil the ocean
Roll up into

Ugh!

[Anonymous]

Hunker down.
Ugh!!

Also dislike ‘what’s your elevator speech’ and any sports related metaphors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on a conference call and want eplay jargon bingo! I have heard a few of these in the last 1/2 hour.

One I hear a lot that I have not seen is:

Pain point

if only it could be a drinking game. pain point is super common where i work- so overused it drives me insane. also lots of using nouns as verbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need to socialize that

My number one all time least favorite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:-Put that on the calendar
-my calendar is up to date
-Stand up meetings (ugh)
-Awesome sauce (ughhh)

What’s wrong with my calendar is up to date? I just take it as factual when I hear it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boil the ocean
Roll up into

Ugh!

How do you use "boil the ocean"?

[Anonymous]

Boil the ocean= trying to do too much or take too long to solve a problem.

In my office the new cool phrase is “tiger team”. “We’re assembling a tiger team to solve world hunger”.