corporate-speak

corporate-speak (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of corporatespeak.
   • 2006 February 6, Janet Maslin, “The Dark Corner of Dilbert's Cubicle”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 January 2021:

     He has put real words ("consolidate," "profitable," "strategic") on the page. You can see them. But they have been perfectly arranged to flummox the brain. The paragraph is a perfect specimen of corporate-speak: impressive to gaze upon, totally impossible to read.

   • 2012 February 6, Leslie T. Chang, “Working Titles”, in The New Yorker‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 September 2014:

     Lala advances to management by learning how to promote herself, to speak up in meetings, to be pushy and friendly at the same time—in other words, to act like an American. She masters the corporate-speak of management consultants—SWOT analysis, SMART objectives.

   • 2014 December 29, Sam McManis, “In Las Vegas, take the Zappos corporate tour”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 June 2025:

     It’s all great P.R. for the company whose core mission (see, you’ll even start spouting corporate-speak) is to get you to buy shoes and sundry other items online while making you feel like you’re getting personalized service from the kindly mom-and-pop cobbler on Main Street.