Darius KazemiFeb 20, 2020

"The meaningful threat of garbage language — the reason it is not just annoying but malevolent — is that it confirms delusion as an asset in the workplace."

Molly Young on corporate garbage language:

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

Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?

The pernicious spread of corporatespeak, or garbage language, as Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley calls this kind of talk. Garbage language permeates the ways we think of our jobs and shapes our identities as workers.

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Show threaddoctor garbage expert

@darius DARIUS

THIS IS ABOUT MY JOB

Feb 20, 2020 at 3:26pmWeb
Show threadranjitFeb 20, 2020
@whoisgina @darius 😭
Show threaddoctor garbage expertFeb 20, 2020

@ranjit @darius i think when i complain about “meetings” i’m complaining about this, like every “sync” and “touch base” just dances around the plain-language version of the task at hand

my rumors friend who quit described the process as “frothy” which is gross and correct