Buzzword Critic Mugs

"So if I'm to understand you correctly, this 'engineered athletic footwear' with its 'extended torsion system' is also a sneaker?"

"You might call it a coup d'etat Mr President, but I like to think of it as 'Change Management'."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"The data looks good, sir, but the vibes are mucho heavioso."

"And isn't it time we replaced the worn-out, meaningless cliches in our mission statement with some dazzlingly new meaningless cliches?"

'Wake me up when he doesn't use a buzzword.'

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

Even more of what people say (and what they really mean)

Bumble Bee

"Repeat after me: We are delivering the proactive core value promises and rolling out our real time best practice action plan going forward ..."

'He speaks for our entire generation. Pity he's such a bore...'

Donald Trump Tells a Joke...

'Sir, your tweeting coach is here.'

Final words on gravestones.

Bee to bee: 'We used buzzwords before they were trendy.'

What Business People often say (and what they really mean)

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

Strategic Planning Magnetic Kit showing words such as 'increase,' 'global,' 'leading,' and 'profitable'

"Come to my office. I need to cascade with you offline."

"Let me through, please. I know what the letters C.P.R. stand for."

"Which 'ism' am I this week, Ms. Trotter?"

"Can you go through all the old pitch decks and replace the word 'crypto' with 'AI'?"

"O.K. What part of 'malignant regression and pathogenic reintrojection as a defense against psychic decompensation' don't you understand?"

'It has everything... I love it!'

'Sir, what comes first ??" the buzz or the spin?'

'I'll give you this, Hargrove - Your report was a perfect blend of cliches, banalities and platitudes.'

'I have no idea what a Wiki is but I want one on my desk next week, now move it, people!'

"Our brand is about talking about our brand."

Gads. I've forgotten today's buzzword.

"Excellent report! Totally incomprehensible and confusing! Not one of our board members will understand a word! Absolutely perfect!"

"I work in PR where I provide a dynamic and highly effective bespoke service that can work for you and blah blah blah ..."

Communicating with clients without using buzzwords posed a challenge for the consultants.

I called you to this synergistic ideation to strategize methods of creating new annoying words.

They had no idea what they were doing, but it didn't matter...

'Do you get the feeling that, in educational workshops, there are way too many buzzwords thrown around?'