FYI: Buzzwords on AOL today

Bapopik at AOL.COM Bapopik at AOL.COM
Wed Aug 17 12:10:16 UTC 2005


_http://pf.channel.aol.com/fortune/general/bizbuzzwords_ 
(http://pf.channel.aol.com/fortune/general/bizbuzzwords) 
_Business  Slogans
That Make You Sick_ 
(http://pf.channel.aol.com/redir.adp?_type=click&_p=us+pf+fortune+general+bizbuzzwords&_m=a1+1+ent_promo_nested+66872+{pf+fortune+biz+sl
ogans+promo+bb}+0+0&_s=0&_u=http://pf.channel.aol.com/fortune/general/canvas3?
id=20050811111209990001) 
Is your workplace a hotbed of snazzy and jazzy slogans used liberally by  
co-workers to say things that could communicated more simply? FORTUNE magazine  
asked readers which expressions in common business use today make them grit  
their teeth -- and, wow, did they tell. You even might be surprised to find out  
how many of these frustrating phrases wind up in your own conversations.
    *   _Play the Buzzwords Game_ 
(http://pf.channel.aol.com/redir.adp?_type=click&_p=us+pf+fortune+general+bizbuzzwords&_m=a1+1+ent_promo_nested+66872+{pf+
fortune+biz+slogans+promo+bb}+0+0&_s=1&
_u=http://www.fortune.com/fortune/game/buzzwords?promoid=aol) 
...
...
 
_MOVING  THE NEEDLE_ 
(http://pf.channel.aol.com/redir.adp?_type=click&_p=us+pf+fortune+general+bizbuzzwords&_m=a1+1+ent_promo_nested+66872+{pf+fortune+biz+s
logans+promo+bb}+0+0&_s=0&_u=http://pf.channel.aol.com/fortune/general/canvas3
?id=20050811111209990001) 

A selection of annoying lingo sent by workplaces around the  country:

· Keep Me Posted

· Circle  Back

· On the Same Page

· At the End of the  Day

· Bottom Line

· Core  Competencies

· Bleeding Edge



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