"The hideous nature of these words — their facility to warp and impede communication — is also their purpose."

Molly Young in The Vulture on "Garbage Language: Why do corporations speak the way they do?", from 2020.

https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html

One of the best articles on this I've read.

Years of being surrounded by business speak have made me want to speak in a natural way, wherever I am.

You could say I am "my authentic self" 😉

#Language #CorporateSpeak #GarbageLanguage

I used "let's eat our own dog food" unironically in a work meeting yesterday. 🙄

#lingo #businessCasual #corporateSpeak #garbageLanguage #dogFood

As a wage-slave at a large corporation, this is glorious and hits uncomfortably close:

"Garbage Language: Why Do Corporations Speak The Way They Do?", Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html).

#Language #GarbageLanguage #CorpSpeak #StartUps #Communication #Verbiage