Jargon and Buzzwords

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  • jargon filter — n. An email program filter that has been configured to automatically delete incoming messages that contain certain jargon terms or buzzwords. Example Citation: After more than six months of research on the words most hated by the media and those… …   New words

  • jargon creep — n. The tendency for the use of jargon terms to expand into different contexts and to spawn variations on the original terms. Example Citations: Generating jargon comes naturally to business. So no one should have been surprised when entrepreneurs …   New words

  • jargon gap — n. The inability to understand another person s jargon laden writing or speech; a feeling of inadequacy (usu. ironic) caused by another s facility with jargon terms. Example Citation: Partners and associates of the Bilgewater Consulting Corp.,… …   New words

  • jargon dyslexia — n. The inability to understand another person s jargon riddled writing or speech. Example Citation: Formed through a management buyout in 1996, Astron squeezed three old tech printing businesses together and wrought a dynamic new e business in… …   New words

  • List of buzzwords — This is a list of common buzzwords which form part of the business jargon of Corporate work environments. General conversation * Alignment * At the end of the day * Break through the clutter [http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=services… …   Wikipedia

  • Jargon Software — Inc. is a computer software development company that specializes in development and deployment tools and business applications for mobile handheld devices such as Pocket PC and Symbol PDA devices.The company is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota,… …   Wikipedia

  • Jargon — For Wikipedia jargon, see Wikipedia:Glossary. For the gemstone, see Jargoon. For prelinguistic children s speech (jargon stage), see babbling. Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession,… …   Wikipedia

  • Workplace jargon — is a term used in the United Kingdom to describe the often needless and/or meaningless sentences and phrases used by both managers and colleagues in the workplace instead of plain English. It is also known as corporate speak , corporate nonsense… …   Wikipedia

  • buzzword-compliant — adj. Describes a piece of writing that is littered with jargon and buzzwords. Example Citation: Your average resume is as useful as, say, your average Time/CNN report on American soldiers gassing their own: the most enlightening revelation is not …   New words

  • Wordspy Guide to New Words — Categories Business Branding (16) Buzzwords (36) Companies (24) Corporate Culture (55) E commerce (45) Economics (59) Employees (78) …   New words

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