Crap 'Buzzwords'

Yes, however, we generally send emails all the time, some automated, some manually, but nearly all are regular sends.

So it's important to clarify that you're sending an email to a group of subscribers that is a one off, it doesn't need to be sent again the same day next week or month with slightly different words or pictures.

Solus is not the correct way of writing that succinctly.

Ah I see, OK in that context it makes at least a bit more sense!

Is his mind wandering to his recently repaired Aviva-insured vehicle?

does the person have English as a second language? maybe their first language uses solus more often, and as it's Latin, they assumed it was globally understood?

Solus isn't a buzzword. Neither is verbatim, ad hoc, ergo, et cetera. More obscure than any of those though.

I don't want to eat anyone else's sandwiches.

Not office buzzwords but rabid swivel eyed loon code:

Narrative: people used to talk about narrative in my English A-Level and my uni contemporary cultural theory module 25 years ago. Now it’s a thing only blokes with wraparound sunglasses say.

Stoic/Stoicism: formally the philosophy of lantern jawed ancients, now an aspiration for blokes that flip out about everything.

Woke: formally a phrase to describe as state of mind where you were acutely aware of social injustice. Now saying “woke” is shorthand for saying “Yes I am a racist”

"team" as a verb...

"let's make sure we team well"
"we have to explore the teaming for this"

While I'm here... If you're not a farmer or regularly play command and conquer red alert, I'm afraid I don't accept your use of the word 'silo'.

Press 1 to speak to Customer Delight

What the fuck is that? Nope, doesn't sound like what I need

Press 2 to speak to the pensions team

No

...

Guess what I need is "Customer Delight" then. Keep it in the boardroom you twats

“Guys, can we take a breath and fully unpack this idea?”

Ask me that again, William, and I’ll unpack your fucking organs.

"Legacy hand"
When someone forgets to lower their hand after speaking on a remote call.

Vomits in mouth

Ahhhh, current projects here are now in-flight projects.

Where?

“we’ll internalise for review”

Umm. Ok.

At work, not on here!

Wet Signature

Just sounds creepy

Ooh that's horrible.

Haven't heard 'swim lane' for a while. Found this in connection. Love Lucy Kellaway's articles on this topic generally - didn't realise this existed! https://ig.ft.com/sites/guffipedia/swim-lanes/

She did a great podcast series until 2017, much of which is about jargon: https://www.ft.com/listen-to-lucy.

I admit to using 'swim lanes' most days, but in semi-technical context of drawing processes which switch between owners.

This week's annoyance: everything now has to be described as being done 'at pace' rather than 'quickly'.

Ladybird grownup books are ace on business guff. They're by the screenwriters on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, amongst other things. I keep the Ladybird Book of the Meeting to hand most days.

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Might just be a thing at my work but "I'm conscious of time" used by a meeting chair to mean, "Look, we're already overrunning, please shut up" is definite thing.

Kinda want one of these too

https://www.bonfire.com/sorryiwasonmute/