management-speak
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Unable to perceive the menace underneath Mamet’s management-speak, Barry mistakes it for an earnest pep talk.
From Slate • May 1, 2018
It is a cliché of management-speak that culture is set at the top.
From Economist • Feb. 15, 2018
Words like “intentionality” sound quite sensible when compared to “ideation”, “imagineering”, and “inboxing” – the sort of management-speak used to talk about everything from educating children to running nuclear power plants.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2017
With its sheen of management-speak, pivoting is well suited to our moment.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2017
Chang denounces the degeneration of the concept into management-speak, or an easy marker of racial absolution and moral credibility.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2016
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