On the latest episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ Fast Company editors debate the worst business jargon of all time and decide which word needs to be eliminated from our vocabulary. Click to expand.

Jargon is all around us. Everyone is moving the needle, pivoting and thinking outside the square. Ironically the term thinking outside the square was first used in the 1970s, so if you are still using ...

Offices are buzzing with buzzwords. No matter where you work, it's hard to escape euphemisms, idioms and corporate slang, all of which may impair communication and conceal facts. Jargon has its place.

If you’re using terms like “make hay” and “peel the onion” in your job ads, stop. Just stop. Even words like “dynamic” and “self-starter” can trip a reader up. According to an analysis of 6.3 million ...

We pinged our readers for the terms that really annoy them. The list is long.

It's unlikely your colleagues are spending their days lining up a row of ducks or attempting to herd a group of cats—and yet in corporate America people are using these phrases every day. In a ...

Without question one of the frustrating realities of daily corporate life is the use and abuse of annoying business jargon. It’s amazing how professionals can string together jargon filled sentences ...

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Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from synergy to value-add to... Anne Curzan, English ...

One of my favorite leadership writers is Bob Sutton, author of "The No Asshole Rule" and his new book "Good Boss, Bad Boss". In a recent interview with me he spoke about "Jargon Monoxide"- the ...

A couple weeks ago, I attended the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, a convergence of pretty much every artist and business personality you could imagine. From celebrities, musicians, ...