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A script, using GNU diction, to highlight business speak. From the Bizspeak blacklist: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/a_bizspeak_blacklist.html
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#!/bin/sh | |
exec diction -f "$0" -n "$@" | |
!# | |
actionable biz (apart from legal action) | |
agreeance biz | |
as per biz | |
at the end of the day biz | |
back of the envelope biz | |
bandwidth (outside electronics) | |
bring our A game biz | |
client-centered biz | |
come-to-Jesus biz | |
core competency biz | |
CYA biz | |
drill down biz | |
ducks in a row biz | |
forward initiative biz | |
going forward biz | |
go rogue biz | |
guesstimate biz | |
harvesting efficiencies biz | |
hit the ground running biz | |
impact, vb. biz | |
incent biz | |
incentivize biz | |
impactful biz | |
kick the can down the road biz | |
let's do lunch biz | |
let's take this offline biz | |
level the playing field biz | |
leverage biz | |
liaise biz | |
mission-critical biz | |
monetize biz | |
net-net biz | |
on the same page biz | |
operationalize biz | |
optimize biz | |
out of pocket (except in reference to expenses) | |
paradigm shift biz | |
parameters biz | |
per biz | |
planful biz | |
push the envelope biz | |
pursuant to biz | |
putting lipstick on a pig biz | |
recontextualize biz | |
repurpose biz | |
rightsized biz | |
sacred cow biz | |
scalable biz | |
seamless integration biz | |
seismic shift (outside earthquake references) | |
smartsized biz | |
strategic alliance biz | |
strategic dynamism biz | |
synergize biz | |
synergy biz | |
think outside the box biz | |
throw it against the wall and see if it sticks biz | |
throw under the bus biz | |
turnkey biz | |
under the radar biz | |
utilization, utilize biz | |
value-added biz | |
verbage (the correct term is verbiage — in reference only to verbose phrasings) | |
where the rubber meets the road biz | |
win-win biz |
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