buzzword bingo
Meeting cliché tracker
Buzzword bingo is a game played during meetings or presentations where participants mark off jargon and clichés on a bingo card as speakers use them: synergy, leverage, circle back, move the needle.
The game mocks corporate-speak and helps pass time in tedious meetings.
The term also describes the overuse of trendy terminology: His pitch was pure buzzword bingo.
- clicheOverused phrase or idea
- gameOrganized play or sport
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- phraseologyManner of verbal expression
touch base · deep dive · move the needle · synergy · onboarding · deliverables · value-added · lampooning · stakeholder engagement · mission statement · trivia · terminology · low-hanging fruit · best practices · core competencies · TED talk · going forward · idiom
- Office SatireDilbert, Office Space, The Office, Silicon Valley, corporate ladder
- tech satireSilicon Valley, tech bro, startup culture, hustle culture, tech jargon
- bingodauber, free space, caller, coverall, full house
- word playpuns, palindrome, anagrams, anagram, spoonerism
buzzword bingostraight talk
Honest, direct communication
clear communication · unvarnished truth · real talk · layman's terms · direct speech
buzzword bingoplain English
Unadorned, accessible wording
conversational language · everyday speech · casual conversation · layman's terms · common parlance
buzz, word, buzzing, buzzed, buzzes, buzzy, words, worded, wording