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26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

  • <p>Aces in their places: When someone shouts this out, everyone runs to their station and leverages their core competency. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Aces in their places: When someone shouts this out, everyone runs to their station and leverages their core competency.

  • <p>Bag of snakes: A business situation with many unexpected problems. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Bag of snakes: A business situation with many unexpected problems.

  • <p>Can I stir fry an idea in your think-wok?: Could I have your opinion on this issue? </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Can I stir fry an idea in your think-wok?: Could I have your opinion on this issue?

  • <p>Die on the hill: To over-commit. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Die on the hill: To over-commit.

  • <p>Eat a reality sandwich: Necessary to be said when someone’s ideas are completely inappropriate for the given situation. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Eat a reality sandwich: Necessary to be said when someone’s ideas are completely inappropriate for the given situation.

  • <p>Feed the gorilla: To ensure that the core part of a company is solid before trying more interesting or high-risk projects. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Feed the gorilla: To ensure that the core part of a company is solid before trying more interesting or high-risk projects.

  • <p>Get into bed: To begin a close business relationship. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Get into bed: To begin a close business relationship.

  • <p>Hot under the collar : Angry. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Hot under the collar : Angry.

  • <p>Industrial vacation: A business trip to a desirable location that is loosely related to business. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Industrial vacation: A business trip to a desirable location that is loosely related to business.

  • <p>Jump the couch: When unpredictable or strange behavior has a negative impact on one’s reputation. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Jump the couch: When unpredictable or strange behavior has a negative impact on one’s reputation.

  • <p>An elaborate display with no real substance; an artful deception. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    An elaborate display with no real substance; an artful deception.

  • <p>Lipstick on a pig: An attempt to put a favorable spin on a negative situation. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Lipstick on a pig: An attempt to put a favorable spin on a negative situation.

  • <p>Meeting assassin: Someone who hijacks a meeting with excessive questions or endless follow-on. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Meeting assassin: Someone who hijacks a meeting with excessive questions or endless follow-on.

  • <p>New guy gene: The polite and friendly attitude that most new employees show, at least until they learn what they can get away with. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    New guy gene: The polite and friendly attitude that most new employees show, at least until they learn what they can get away with.

  • <p>Open the kimono: Revealing confidential business information. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Open the kimono: Revealing confidential business information.

  • <p>Pissing in the ocean: An action that is hopelessly trivial or meaningless. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Pissing in the ocean: An action that is hopelessly trivial or meaningless.

  • <p>Queen of the pigs: The best of a bad breed; the number one loser. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Queen of the pigs: The best of a bad breed; the number one loser.

  • <p>Race without a finish line: A frantic effort without a clearly defined goal. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Race without a finish line: A frantic effort without a clearly defined goal.

  • <p>Safe harbor: The office bathroom. Often the only place to find a moment of peace at work. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Safe harbor: The office bathroom. Often the only place to find a moment of peace at work.

  • <p>Tacit knowledge: Information that only exists within the head of an employee </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Tacit knowledge: Information that only exists within the head of an employee

  • <p>Unknown unknown: The most dangerous of business uncertainties. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Unknown unknown: The most dangerous of business uncertainties.

  • <p>Village hall meeting: An unfortunate derivative of ‘town hall meeting’, this is a relatively small meeting held by relatively middle management. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Village hall meeting: An unfortunate derivative of ‘town hall meeting’, this is a relatively small meeting held by relatively middle management.

  • <p>Whore’s market: A saturated and competitive market with no barriers to entry. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Whore’s market: A saturated and competitive market with no barriers to entry.

  • <p>The practice of using the company’s photocopier, printer, or fax machine for personal reasons. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    The practice of using the company’s photocopier, printer, or fax machine for personal reasons.

  • <p>Yogurt cities: Places that have an ‘active culture’, meaning a large number of museums, theatres, art galleries, etc. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Yogurt cities: Places that have an ‘active culture’, meaning a large number of museums, theatres, art galleries, etc.

  • <p>Zero-zero split: The opportunity to waste time when working on two projects simultaneously by telling one boss that you’re busy with the other. </p>
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    26 funny corporate Jargon that will perplex you

    Zero-zero split: The opportunity to waste time when working on two projects simultaneously by telling one boss that you’re busy with the other.

<p>Aces in their places: When someone shouts this out, everyone runs to their station and leverages their core competency. </p>
<p>Bag of snakes: A business situation with many unexpected problems. </p>
<p>Can I stir fry an idea in your think-wok?: Could I have your opinion on this issue? </p>
<p>Die on the hill: To over-commit. </p>
<p>Eat a reality sandwich: Necessary to be said when someone’s ideas are completely inappropriate for the given situation. </p>
<p>Feed the gorilla: To ensure that the core part of a company is solid before trying more interesting or high-risk projects. </p>
<p>Get into bed: To begin a close business relationship. </p>
<p>Hot under the collar : Angry. </p>
<p>Industrial vacation: A business trip to a desirable location that is loosely related to business. </p>
<p>Jump the couch: When unpredictable or strange behavior has a negative impact on one’s reputation. </p>
<p>An elaborate display with no real substance; an artful deception. </p>
<p>Lipstick on a pig: An attempt to put a favorable spin on a negative situation. </p>
<p>Meeting assassin: Someone who hijacks a meeting with excessive questions or endless follow-on. </p>
<p>New guy gene: The polite and friendly attitude that most new employees show, at least until they learn what they can get away with. </p>
<p>Open the kimono: Revealing confidential business information. </p>
<p>Pissing in the ocean: An action that is hopelessly trivial or meaningless. </p>
<p>Queen of the pigs: The best of a bad breed; the number one loser. </p>
<p>Race without a finish line: A frantic effort without a clearly defined goal. </p>
<p>Safe harbor: The office bathroom. Often the only place to find a moment of peace at work. </p>
<p>Tacit knowledge: Information that only exists within the head of an employee </p>
<p>Unknown unknown: The most dangerous of business uncertainties. </p>
<p>Village hall meeting: An unfortunate derivative of ‘town hall meeting’, this is a relatively small meeting held by relatively middle management. </p>
<p>Whore’s market: A saturated and competitive market with no barriers to entry. </p>
<p>The practice of using the company’s photocopier, printer, or fax machine for personal reasons. </p>
<p>Yogurt cities: Places that have an ‘active culture’, meaning a large number of museums, theatres, art galleries, etc. </p>
<p>Zero-zero split: The opportunity to waste time when working on two projects simultaneously by telling one boss that you’re busy with the other. </p>
Chaitra Anand

-Chaitra Anand

How often have you found yourself nodding cluelessly or been dumb-founded when someone generously uses corporate terminology, which you had no idea about?

Here are a 26 corporate phrases, which have also made their way into common parlance, to help you better understand wordplay at work. Next time, don’t be perplexed, just read between the lines.

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Source: The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary