Meanings
- derogatoryoftenuncountableThe jargon used by management.
The uniqueness of Perotspeak is its mixture of rustic metaphor with modern managementese.
1992 June 14, William Safire, “On Language: Perotspeak”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr 20092 more examples
Even phrased as they are in Higher Managementese, these comments touch the heart of the matter.
1971 November 14, Kenneth Lamott, “The Chancellor the State Colleges”, in Los Angeles Times, page U16Since February, we have been calling for the ridiculously named Consignia to change back to the good old Post Office. . . . [T]he chief executive, John Roberts, said of Consignia that it was a "modern, meaningful and entirely appropriate" name that "describes the full scope of the Post Office in a way that the words ‘post’ and ‘office’ cannot". That was clearly hogwash managementese of the worst variety.
2002 June 10, “Silly names for failure”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 14 Apr 2009Synonyms: managementspeak
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe jargon used by management.
Origin
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