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- noun informal, derogatory The
jargon used withinbusiness corporations .
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Examples
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Now, we establish the same thing just as quickly with a tie-pin, a few lines of corporatespeak, and slicked-back hair.
The Wisdom of Clowns 2009
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Holy Shit, I am coming down with a bad case of corporatespeak.
McCain Adviser: McCain Likely To Confront Obama About Ayers At Debate 2009
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That's corporatespeak for "We have no clue when business will pick up."
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The whole paragraph smacks of meaningless "corporatespeak."
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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March 3rd, 2009 at 10: 32 pm PST lol. just wait. my hunch is, s___ is gonna hit the fan in a BIG way over them leaving. the more flowery the corporatespeak, the nastier it is behind closed doors. reply
Three MySpace Execs Departing To Start New Company (Leaked Memo) Erick Schonfeld 2005
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It's a description full of cyberlibertarian corporatespeak-grandiose, trite, contradictory and redundant-that would not be out of place in a Dilbert strip.
Johnnie Cochran's Odd Libel Suit Hits Post Tough Gal Andrea Peyser 1996
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It's a description full of cyberlibertarian corporatespeak-grandiose, trite, contradictory and redundant-that would not be out of place in a Dilbert strip.
Johnnie Cochran's Odd Libel Suit Hits Post Tough Gal Andrea Peyser 1996
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Note that "moving forward" is not strictly necessary in that sentence, but it's useful in adding the patina of corporatespeak to an otherwise coherent memo.
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Perhaps that meaningless bit of corporatespeak wouldn't have resonated so resoundingly had Wilpon not chosen a ludicrous point in time to off Joe Mac.
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It's an essentially harmless if useless exercise, this rebranding game, even if the self-important corporatespeak that justifies it - all that "respositioning", "crafting a brand platform" and so on - is a bit irritating.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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