Comments on: Outside the box? Hardly.

By: BloggerDude

BloggerDude — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:24:45 +0000

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:21:29 +0000

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By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:10:10 +0000

You forgot my (least) favorite cliche – “the perfect storm.” Or, perhaps because sweeps has started – “the answer may surprise you.”

By: Mike Warren

Mike Warren — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:02:41 +0000

Cliques are used by people who are not creative and NEED to follow the group. When someone tells me that they “think out of the box” that just tells me they are not focused on their companies “business Model”. Buzz words are for the uneducated, self centered, greedy and uninspired idiots.

By: Sarah Schuyler

Sarah Schuyler — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:34:55 +0000

Great suggestions above: my own peeves, maybe because they cut close to home, are “soccer mom” and its Palinesque version, “hockey mom.”

By: Cathy Browne

Cathy Browne — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:02:33 +0000

I hate, ‘Now more than ever’, ‘state-of-the-art’, ‘unique’ and especially “We have no competition”.

By: Deston

Deston — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:32:23 +0000

I believe it began when the “Personnel Department” became “Human Resources” in the early 80s. Then those people hired the consultants who came carrying this impressive new language that says NOTHING.

By: François La Roche

François La Roche — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:21:20 +0000

Strategy !
Way to many times the S word is totally misused and it’s way overused. I guess it sounds good, like all other buzzing-words.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:48:35 +0000

My least favorite corporate buzz phrase has to be “change agent”, or, “agent for change”. C’mon, who thought of that??

And while we’re at it, what about using the term “reaching out” instead of “cold calling”. Just plain dumb. Is there someone at a desk somewhere who gets paid to make this stuff up?

By: Joe Kennedy

Joe Kennedy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:14:36 +0000

I also get tired of cliches – and one that bothers me most is “take it to the next level”.

Destin – I agree with you on using use! Some people just have to complicate things.