aegilops :github::microsoft: · @aegilops
118 followers · 416 posts · Server fosstodon.org

"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.

vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-

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

Last updated 3 years ago

ConstantOrbit · @constantorbit
322 followers · 293 posts · Server hachyderm.io

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

#Lingo #businesscasual #corporatespeak #garbagelanguage #dogfood

Last updated 3 years ago