We all have heard about Corporate Jargon and some of us have used it (willingly or unwilling) as well. If you haven’t then Wikipedia defines Corporate Jargon as:
Corporate jargon (variously known as corporate speak, corporate lingo, business speak, business jargon, management speak, workplace jargon, corpospeak, corporatese, or commercialese) is the jargon often used in large corporations, bureaucracies, and similar workplaces. The language register of the term is generally being presented in a negative light or disapprovingly. It is often considered to be needlessly obscure or, alternatively, used to disguise an absence of information. Its use in corporations and other large organisations has been widely noted in media
A marriage proposal can be quite stressful and people go out of their way to make their proposal unique. Evan Barber from McSweeney’s decided to explore what
a marriage proposal spoken entirely in office jargon would look like and it is hilarious.
GARY: Me too. You said you wanted to see hockey-stick growth. Well, I’ve realized that I want to see hockey-stick growth too—in our relationship.
CINDY: Unpack that for me.
GARY: This relationship has been such a value-add. Some of my friends were worried that it would take too long for us to get into alignment. But you have been an absolute rockstar.
CINDY: I feel the same way, Gary. The ROI on this relationship has been unbelievable. You’ve really given 110 percent.
I understood all of the words and terms in the proposal and that is a little scary to think about.
– Suramya