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‘Humaning’ and other nonsense: why we put up with corporate twaddle
Office jargon will always be unstoppable because, as I have written before, it makes us feel more secure, more of an insider and more able to tell someone something pronto.
Pilita ClarkColumnistFor reasons that make no obvious sense, corporate jargon has had a curious amount of attention lately.
British newspapers reported last week that a study had uncovered a raft of new office buzzwords such as the “negatron”, who is eternally pessimistic; the “faulty tasker”, who multitasks so much they make a mess of everything; and the tedious “meanderthal”, who takes forever to get to the point.
Financial Times
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