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- noun often derogatory The
jargon used bymanagement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He spoke managementese, had no trace of a Southern accent, and wore a button-down shirt.
Slate Magazine David Plotz 2011
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That's managementese for "they're up for sale," though it wasn't a firm commitment to sell or shut down.
Fagstein 2009
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A big part of the current mess is that in the early 90's the fad for managementese-based pseudo-entrepreneurialism in government led the USPTO to implement a funding mechanism whereby they would be paid for ginning up patent applications.
Matthew Yglesias 2009
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They also bravely took on the role of managementese-weeding and survived with remarkably few lasting scars own blog.
Meriblog: Meri Williams' Weblog Michael Moncur 2008
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