{"id":3496,"date":"2017-11-28T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinknts.com\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2019-07-29T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:38:58","slug":"25buzzwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/25buzzwords\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Buzzwords That You Really Need to Stop Using Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2017 has been the year of the buzzword,\u00a0and nowhere is that more apparent than in the world of private business.<\/p>\n

Buzzwords<\/a>, which are pithy words and phrases meant to convey one’s intelligence<\/a> or savvy, often do just the opposite. “People who want to appear up-to-date, or ‘cool,’ adopt the buzzword–whether they fully understand it or not,” notes Tony Thorne, a linguist and visiting consultant at King’s College in London, where his research focuses on slang and generational divides. “The buzzword is overused, and becomes a clich\u00e9<\/a>. It may be ridiculed and mocked, but some people will go on using it nevertheless.”<\/p>\n

The good news is that buzzwords eventually go out of style,\u00a0but that can take a while. Consider that the adage “think outside the box” has been trending for more than a decade–and that one of Macmillan’s Dictionary<\/em>‘s top words of 2017, “maximalism,”\u00a0was on an early list of buzzwords published by Thorne in 2006.<\/p>\n

To save you–and the people you love–some time, Inc.\u00a0<\/em>parsed the dictionaries, the social-media networks, and the piles of press releases that reporters get on a daily basis. Without further ado, in order from least to most offensive,\u00a0here are the worst buzzwords of 2017:<\/p>\n

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25. NextGen<\/h2>\n

If you think you’ve been hearing this one for entirely too long, you’re not mistaken…all the more reason it makes no sense in 2017. The label\u00a0is commonly applied to software upgrades, but as the best programmers know well, whatever is “NextGen”\u00a0of the moment will hardly be “NextGen” by the time it’s downloaded. Nix.<\/h2>\n

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24. Deep Dive<\/h2>\n

Attention, scubas: A dive is, by definition, plunging into the murky depths of a subject. Your “deep dive”\u00a0doesn’t sound cool, it’s redundant. (If you were truly “diving deeply”\u00a0you might have understood that.)<\/h2>\n

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23. Snowflake<\/h2>\n

A derogatory term for someone perceived as too sensitive to have their worldview challenged, “snowflake”\u00a0is a buzzword championed by the alt-right.\u00a0If you’re really that interested in the uniqueness of frozen matter, we suggest a lefty alternative: The\u00a0broflake.<\/em><\/h2>\n

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22. Ping Me<\/h2>\n

Don’t “ping me,”\u00a0please. Send me an email. I’m not a plastic ball.<\/h2>\n

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21. Gig Economy<\/h2>\n

Short-term labor is practically the new norm, so you might as well just start saying “economy.”<\/h2>\n

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20. Silos<\/h2>\n

What are we, in a granary? All together now: Departments.<\/em><\/h2>\n

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19. Engagement<\/h2>\n

Your users aren’t getting married to your service. Honestly, they probably don’t even like it that much.<\/h2>\n

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18. Growth Hacking<\/h2>\n

I almost feel like this needs no description, but please, if you’re experimenting across marketing channels: Just. Say. That.<\/h2>\n

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17. Bandwidth<\/h2>\n

Why no, I do not <\/em>have the range of frequencies occupied by a modulated carrier signal to pick up that menial task you’ve thrown my way.<\/h2>\n

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16. Customer-centric<\/h2>\n

Honestly, if you’re anything-else-centric, just file for Chapter 11 right now.<\/h2>\n

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15. Workflow<\/h2>\n

I was paddling along the river Thames one morning when I realized…oh wait.<\/h2>\n

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14. Initial Coin Offering<\/h2>\n

If Paris Hilton endorses it<\/a>, you probably shouldn’t.<\/h2>\n

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13. Stratcom<\/h2>\n

Short for\u00a0“strategic communications.” It’s\u00a0the name of my future robot puppy, not your operational regime.<\/h2>\n

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12. Hive Mind<\/h2>\n

Tapping into the collective consciousness is weird enough without a buzzword. Lose it.<\/h2>\n

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11. Pivot to Video<\/h2>\n

If it didn’t work for Ross…<\/h2>\n

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10. Wheelhouse<\/h2>\n

“Why, sir! You’ve lost your sailor’s cap in the —” is the only acceptable preceding clause.<\/h2>\n

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9. Bizmeth<\/h2>\n

Short for “business method.”\u00a0I\u00a0heard bizmeth goes for $50 an ounce in San Ysidro. That’s probably too expensive for your company to justify.<\/h2>\n

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8. Core Competency<\/h2>\n

Lots of people–for instance, quite a few in Washington–don’t possess\u00a0this. But everyone should.<\/h2>\n

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7. Paradigm Shift<\/h2>\n

…is the next movie from director M. Night Shyamalan. Not the way to describe changes in investor perception of the tech IPO.<\/h2>\n

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6. Omnichannel<\/h2>\n

God is Omnichannel. Your marketing, not so much.<\/h2>\n

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5. Hustle<\/h2>\n

If you were really doing it, you wouldn’t have time to talk about it.<\/h2>\n

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4. Digital Native<\/h2>\n

We’re internet users, not confused Italian explorers of the 16th century.<\/h2>\n

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3. Ripe for Disruption<\/h2>\n

No industry is so juicy that it deserves the analog.<\/h2>\n

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2. Influencer<\/h2>\n

Just because you have 4 million followers doesn’t mean you’ve changed my mind.<\/h2>\n

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1. Cuck<\/h2>\n

A holdover from 2016, cuck still seems to be in common Twitter parlance.\u00a0It’s a\u00a0shorthand for perceived weaknesses–particularly for men who may be submissive to women–but generally demonstrates the user’s own\u00a0misogyny.\u00a0Inc.\u00a0<\/em>begs of you, reader: Don’t use\u00a0it.<\/h2>\n

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