• affiliate@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    do people actually fall for this stuff? it seems like so many business management types are working overtime to make sure they’re always up to date with the latest in corporate jargon. why? do people actually think these people are saying anything?

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      6 months ago

      I dunno, I think business jargon exists for the same reason it exists in any other field. When you spend a lot of time focused on a niche topic you come up with really specialized vocabulary to describe it. Plus it probably qualifies as a form of code switching.

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      6 months ago

      Yes. Most people use just a bit of business jargon nonsense. Not enough to really sound like they’re talking completely from the wrong end, but just a nonsense word here and there. Usually they use them wrong, but because it’s so prevalent it starts to fade into the background.

      When people use almost nothing but buzzwords it’s pretty transparent though, and almost always falls apart on questioning.