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Unsuck It - translate business jargon

41 pointsby jbralmost 15 years ago

15 comments

nashalmost 15 years ago
<a href="http://unsuck-it.com/as-soon-as-possible-asap/" rel="nofollow">http://unsuck-it.com/as-soon-as-possible-asap/</a> Strange; Whenever someone tells me they need something ASAP, I generally consider it to mean "they don't know when they need it, so it's not important".
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jgrahamcalmost 15 years ago
<a href="http://unsuck-it.com/rock-star/" rel="nofollow">http://unsuck-it.com/rock-star/</a>
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ABrandtalmost 15 years ago
Hmmm I tried feasibility analysis, time to market, and monetization. I got zilch on all three, maybe I'm not a big enough business jerk.
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lucraftalmost 15 years ago
"Dogs breakfast" is terrible business jargon? I've been an MBA since I was 5 then...
rvanrooyalmost 15 years ago
Eat your Own Dog Food is the one I never get. I know it's supposed to mean that your dog food should be good enough to eat yourself, but it's akin to expecting the CEO of a pet food company to open a can and start eating!
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sriramkalmost 15 years ago
Maybe I'm betraying my corporate institutionalization here but I was reading through the list and going "Hey, that isn't so bad, is it?".<p>Are terms like boilerplate, 'at the end of the day' so bad? :)
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DennisPalmost 15 years ago
I was once in an industry meeting with representatives from five major corporations. The corporate-speak got so bad sometimes I could barely follow it. It was like a different dialect.<p>After a while I noticed that the more unpleasant the thing the speaker was trying to convey, the thicker the dialect got. One guy treated us to five minutes of near-impenentrable jargon that ultimately boiled down to "what's in it for us?"
jdcalmost 15 years ago
"Diversify Unsucked:<p>Change."<p>... no.
cptnredalmost 15 years ago
There's even an email button so you can send your boss a message saying "Hey douchebag! Stop torturing the English language!"
groaneralmost 15 years ago
If this sort of thing catches your fancy, the <i>Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit</i> (<a href="http://corporatebs.com/" rel="nofollow">http://corporatebs.com/</a>) is a fine collection of humorous definitions.
grgalmost 15 years ago
<a href="http://unsuck-it.com/?s=asdf" rel="nofollow">http://unsuck-it.com/?s=asdf</a><p>I like the response page when you search for something that's not defined.
samratjpalmost 15 years ago
Hmm, they got synergy in there as well: <i>Unsucked: Working together.</i><p>An addendum would be: Leech-y, take advantage of a said <i>synergy</i> situation, etc.
helveticamanalmost 15 years ago
I added innovator:<p>1. Douchebag without technical knowledge. 2. (Rare) In IP, a non-douchebag with techical knowledge.
gacbaalmost 15 years ago
Is it just me or is there as much urban slang (chillax) as there is PHB-speak? (paradigm shift)
endualalmost 15 years ago
Hmmm, tried to redefine "angel investor" as "sugar daddy" and it hasn't work... Maybe they approve it? Whatever, back to the shiraz!