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English Business Jargon and Slang

Author : Suzan St. Maur

Publisher : Business Expert Press

Page : 117 pages

File Size : 34,62 MB

Release : 2018-05-09

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1948976080

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Book Description

Jargon and slang have wormed their way into almost every business document, speech, and conversation that we have today. With online business communications being much more conversational and informal than the written business communications of the past, they positively encourage the use of figurative speech: ergo, more jargon, more slang. This book is by no means all encompassing, but the author has researched and shared several hundred of the most commonly used terms. Not only do we now know what they all mean but, where appropriate, we also learn their origins—some of which are fascinating and very surprising. A very valuable handbook for any student or practitioner in business to help demystify this crazy language called “English.”



Biz Talk 2

Author : David Burke

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 33,83 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Americanisms

ISBN : 9781879440197

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Biz Talk-2 is the second of a three-part series on the most common slang and jargon used in American commerce... essential for anyone doing business in the United States! Chapters include General Business Slang & Jargon, International Trade Slang & Jargon, Common Initials Used in International Trade, Bureaucratese, Political Slang & Jargon, Management Slang, and More Computer Slang.



Slang

Author : Jonathon Green

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 145 pages

File Size : 39,33 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0198729537

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"In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looking forward, he considers what the digital revolution means for the future of slang."--Cover flap.



Understanding American Business Jargon

Author : W. Davis Folsom

Publisher : Greenwood

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,69 MB

Release : 2005-09-30

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0313334501

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Business and culture are inextricably linked, each reflecting and reinforcing trends in the other. In Understanding American Business Jargon, W. Davis Folsom captures the essence of both by focusing on the terms and phrases that make up our business vocabulary. From AAA to Zombie Bonds, Folsom takes us on a tour of over 2500 concepts that cover the spectrum of business-speak. In this fully revised, updated, and expanded edition, Folsom captures the spirit of business in the new millennium, with such colorful terms as adhocracy, Dilbert principle, hyperlink, traction, and viral marketing. Each term is succinctly defined and described in context, and many are illustrated with quotations from the popular press. Including slang, acronyms, a bibliography, an introduction that discusses recent trends in business language, and cross-referenced throughout, Understanding American Business Jargon is not only a handy reference for any businessperson, student, or researcher, but an entertaining glimpse into our constantly evolving business culture.



Why Business People Speak Like Idiots

Author : Brian Fugere

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 23,40 MB

Release : 2005-02-22

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780743269094

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There is a fundamental disconnection between the way business people speak and real people communicate. From advertisers, big business and CEOs - the blather is coming at us in waves. The International Language of Business is no longer English - it's gobbledygook. The authors blindly discovered the enormity of the problem in June 2003 with the launch of Bullfighter, an anti-jargon software tool. But jargon is just one symptom in a larger problem afflicting corporate communications today: the wholesale inability to connect with an audience. In the form of admirably straight-talk, we discover how to avoid the 'obscurity trap', 'the anonymity trap', the 'hard-sell trap' and most importantly, 'the tedium trap'. In this witty and practical new book readers are given all the tools they need to fight the 'spin' and learn to speak like the rest of us.



Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Jonathon Green

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 1445 pages

File Size : 17,64 MB

Release : 2013-10-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1317908171

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First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Containing around 21, 000 entries, the dictionary encompasses a truly eclectic range of fields and includes extensive coverage of both British and U.S. jargon. Areas dealt with range from marketing to medicine, from advertising to artificial intelligence and from skiing to sociology. This is a fascinating resource for students of lexicography and professional lexicographers, as well as the general inquisitive reader.



Green Weenies and Due Diligence

Author : Ron Sturgeon

Publisher : Ron Sturgeon

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 12,7 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780971703117

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"Swag" is a style of lamp.



Business Bullshit

Author : André Spicer

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 38,36 MB

Release : 2017-09-11

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1317433289

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Our organizations are flooded with empty talk. We are constantly "going forward" to lands of "deliverables", stopping off on the "journey" to "drill down" into "best practice". Being an expert at using management speak has become more important in corporate life than delivering long lasting results. The upshot is that meaningless corporate jargon is killing our organizations. In this book, management scholar the author argues we need to call this empty talk what it is: bullshit. The book looks at how organizations have become vast machines for manufacturing, distributing and consuming bullshit. It follows how the meaningless language of management has spread through schools, NGOs, politics and the media. Business Bullshit shows you how to spot business bullshit, considers why it is so popular, and outlines the impact it has on organizations and the people who work there. It also outlines what we can do to minimise bullshit at work. The author makes a case for why organizations need to avoid empty talk and reconnect with core activities.



Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Author : Jonathon Green

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 1600 pages

File Size : 48,51 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780304366361

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With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results



Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower?

Author : Steven Poole

Publisher : Sceptre

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,77 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Communication in management

ISBN : 9781444781830

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Does the phrase 'going forward' make you sick to the back teeth? Does the idea of a 'nurture bubble' make your blood boil? Steven Poole takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the meaningless corporate jargon that irritates employees up and down the country.