The following summary of buzzwords and their overuse by GetVoIP is interesting and worth sharing. Which ones cause you to groan inwardly? Which ones are you using? I admit that “unpack” has been one I have used and will now be finding another more suitable word to express the need to look deeper.
“The problem with buzzwords is that most are overused, clichéd, and unclear,” said Reuben Yonatan, whose cloud communications company GetVoIP came up with a study on the 25 most annoying buzzwords.
Here’s the complete list of 25 buzzwords that irritate your colleagues along with an estimate of their usage increase over the past while according to GetVoIP:
- Bring to the table – up 1738%
- Cutting edge – 10%
- Deep dive – 207%
- Deliverable – 151%
- Ducks in a row – 485%
- Empower – 411%
- End of day – 57%
- Fast track – 360%
- Game changing – 341%
- Guru – 21%
- Hit the ground running – 578%
- Innovative – 21%
- Ideate – 14%
- Knowledge transfer – 1077%
- Low-hanging fruit – 955%
- Move the needle – 100%
- Pain point – 182%
- Reach out – 53%
- Synergize – 119%
- Take to the next level – 3714%
- Take offline – 1579%
- Unpack – 70270%
- Value-added – 88%
- World-class – 305%
Marie-Helene Sakowski – Business Consultant – Change & Transition – info@effectiveplacement.com.
For more info about GetVOIP – check out https://getvoip.com/blog/2018/03/13/25-business-buzzwords-infographic/
