"Learning" (the made-up, annoying noun version)

"I had a critical learning from that project," or "We documented the team's learnings." Whatever happened to simply saying: "I learned a lesson from that project?" "Aspiring managers would do well to remember that if you can't express your idea without buzzwords, there may not be an idea there at all."

"Full Service"

You don't work at a gas station from the 1980s, so why borrow the cliché?

"Over The Wall"

If you're not wielding a grappling hook, avoid this meaningless expression. 

"Impact"

This wannabe verb came to prominence, because most people don't understand the difference between the words "affect" and "effect." Rather than risk mixing them up, they say, "We will impact our competitor's sales with this new product." 

"Out Of Pocket"

Many auto-reply e-mails now carry the phrase: "I'm out of pocket until next week." "Expenses come out of pockets, quarterbacks come out of the pocket, but Johnny, well he'll just be plain unavailable or out of the office."

"Take It To The Next Level"

In theory, this means to make something better. In practice, "the phrase means absolutely nothing," "Nobody knows what the next level actually looks like, so how am I supposed to know when I've reached it?" 

"Solution"

This word has come to mean everything from the traditional way to solve a mathematical proof to a suite of efficiency-enhancing software--and it is perhaps the epitome of lingual laziness. "It usually refers to a collection of technologies too abstract or complex to describe in a way that anyone would care about if they were explained in plain English."

And A Few More, While We're At It…

Utilize: "Use" will do. Tee it up: Not without a caddy. Circle back: We prefer straight lines, or just an appointment to talk again in the future. Synergize: What?! Let's talk "around" that: This is what politicians do. Those who aim to accomplish something must talk about things.

I have a whole bunch of blog ideas around this topic that I'll have to capture but for now Forbes came up with a great list. This is different from the dotcom 90-s all you need is a website and some UI and no substance, flashy, jargon, mumbo-jumbo that the infamous Bullshit Generator captured so well. This is stuff you hear everyday. It needs to stop. 

Synergize that.