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nouncorporatespeak (uncountable)
alternative corporate speak · alternative corporate-speak
- derogatoryinformaluncountableThe jargon used within business and corporations.
The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English.
2007 October 7, “Letters”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013 - derogatoryinformaluncountableThe highly formal language used in advertisements and public relations-related statements from corporations.
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Dutch kantoortaal
- kantoortaaljargon used within business
Finnish bisnesjargon
- bisnesjargonjargon used within business
French jargon d'entreprise
- jargon d'entreprisejargon used within business
Polish korpomowa
- korpomowajargon used within business
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corporatespeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatespeak
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