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Sunday Scraps 51

1. WANTON: Frank Bruni at the New York Times does a great job explaining the double standard sexual talk that has become all the rage. I guess it’s been around for awhile, but it suddenly seems much louder.

2. BASEBALL: There’s no crying in baseball. Great piece by Fit and Feminist about the 20th anniversary of A League of Their Own.

3. GRANNY: The Raging Grannies have been around since 1987, but this “Viagra Review Board” photo just kills me.

4. JARGON: Forbes March Madnesses the hell out of terrible corporate jargon. “Core competency” takes on “Buy in” in the first round, while “Hard stop” battles “Best practices.”

5. INSPIRATION: Do you need some? This kid just learned to ride a bike, and he has words of wisdom for us all.

6. GLORIA: NYT piece on Gloria Steinem and why such a singular iconic figure hasn’t emerged to represent in our current feminist battles. Also, it quotes Christine Stansell, one of my favorite college professors!

Related Post: Sunday 50 = “Slut” frequency, xkcd on pick-up, and March Madness for The Wire.

Related Post: Sunday 49 = Tina Fey, Lena Dunham, raunchy mom-lit, 1938 dating advice.

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Unsucking Corporate Jargon

Rarely does a day goes by when I don’t catch myself slinging corporate lingo outside of the office. It’s usually out of my mouth and out of my control before I realize what a tool I am. “Circle back,” “Reach out,” “Plus up,” oh man, it’s terrible. LUCKILY, this handy tool, Unsuck-It, can translate biz speak into plain old English.To add insult to injury, after it spits back your translation, it calls you out on your douchiness, “The douchebag who said this probably also said ‘net-net,’ ‘close the loop’ and ‘COB.” It’s usually right.

Lest you like the douche-label, they have also provided a hand “I’m feeling douchey” button to produce your very own examples to start dropping ’round the corporate halls (or out in the real world)  like “Social media guru” (Douche nozzle).

 

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Related Post: See? phrasing matters!

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