Each week this year, the #REF! column in the Professional Life newsletter has examined words and phrases that professionals love to use, and what they’re really saying. Readers have contributed their favourites and one chief executive even apologised for the use of agile-related gobbledygook language by his company. (#REF! is the message the spreadsheet program Excel displays when a formula refers to a cell that no longer exists.)
In honour of the best/worst of this year’s #REF!, we present the 2022 Eye-roll Awards to the 10 words or phrases we hope to never see again.