October is here, and with it seems an uptick in the business meeting schedule. I personally have two publishing industry group board meetings this month, along with five separate strategy sessions with various journals and research societies. And with business meetings comes business jargon, and plans are set to synergize, monetize and leverage our actionable deliverables.
Despite how annoying you may find this sort of business-speak, you might as well get used to it. As the video below shows (from the really great Mental Floss etymology series), objectionable jargon has a way of evolving into common usage in a language. Words we commonly use today like “endorse”, “interview” and “contact” were all once considered vulgar and annoying.
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Sorry, I don’t have time to watch the video. I’m too busy “pivoting.”
Jargon Is exclusive, invidious and nonproductive. Stop it by using terms that have meaning and intent