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• 16 Aug 11
  

  chrisjbird

  language

• 01 May 09
  

  hall_damien

  bbc linguistics teaching english

• 20 Aug 08
  

  icytop

  One of the big banks is currently advertising for such workers
  saying "we seek passionate banking representatives to uphold our
  values." This is a lie. Actually what the bank is seeking is competent
  people to follow instructions and answer the phone

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• 11 Aug 08
  

  Yvonne Frindle

  For nearly a decade I wrote a fictional column in the Financial Times about a senior manager who spoke almost entirely in business cliches. Martin Lukes talked the talk. Or rather, he added value by reaching out and sharing his blue sky thinking. At the e

  writing business humour jargon

• 17 Jun 08
  

  bramblesmum

  critical article about the gushy language used in business

  language article

• 16 Jun 08
  

  Gert Blog

  Trouble is, when someone highlights an annoying (to them) business buzzword, I start noticing it and feeling annoyed for my own sake...it's a perfect storm

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  Shunt 82

  Blue sky thinking, pushing the envelope - the problem with office-speak is that it cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language

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• 15 Jun 08
  

  Toby Deans

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  There is so much more to object to in "going forward". It clings to the tongues of speakers compelling them to utter it again and again. It is a grown up equivalent of the word "like", which seems to trip off the tongue of the average teenager every two or three waking seconds.

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  Jez Smith

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  indraadnan

  Journo tries to stop the spread of positive psychology - she hasn't got a hope

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