Most overused words in office include net-net,touch base,incentivize

“Words get ingrained at work but it shows you are speaking the office vernacular. On the one hand,we’re trying to speak the language at work and fit in. But the downside is it bothers some people and creeps into your social life,” ABC News quoted Goodman as saying.

Goodman said every industry has its own idioms,and the tech industry often has the most new phrases.

“Circle back and take this offline are two that drive me crazy. It’s just a wonky way to talk,” she said.

Another ‘weird’ one,she said,tech companies use to describe using their own products: eat your own dog food.

“They also call it dog-fooding which is ridiculous. It’s software jargon. That’s one I thought was so weird. It’s not really a great analogy either because dog foods to humans is a gross concept,” she stated.

The words and phrases that can be overused include,low-hanging fruit,think outside the box,not in my wheelhouse,leverage,metrics,paradigm shift,Chinese firewall,value-add,build the deck,shoot me an email.

Others are: hold the fort,synergies/synergistic,key insights,key drivers,key takeaways,high level overview,best practice,action items,next steps,value proposition,table this,hard stop,boil the ocean,circle the wagons,throw it against the wall and see what sticks,parachute in,low-cost country sourcing,and efforting.