APL 2: COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH IN THE WORKPLACE


Workplace Jargon Examples

Below are a few examples of popular buzz phrases that constitute many of the most-used phrases in workplace jargon:
  • Land and expand - Workplace jargon meaning to sell a small solution to a client and then once the solution has been sold, to expand upon the same solution in the client's environment
  • Blue-sky thinking - A visionary idea without always having a practical application
  • Think outside the box - This term means to not limit your thinking; it encourages creativity with regards to your job description
  • The helicopter view - An overview of a job or a project
  • Get our ducks in a row - Order and organize everything efficiently and effectively
  • Drink our own champagne - A term meaning that a business will use the same product that they sell to their customers. The champagne is an indicator a good product.
  • End-user perspective - What the customer thinks about a product or service. It also is an indicator of a how a client would feel after having used the product or service.
  • Pushing the envelope - This basically means to go outside of what is seen as normal corporate boundaries in order to attain a goal or secure a target
  • Moving forward - Workplace jargon meaning getting things accomplished or making progress
  • Boil the ocean - To attempt to do something that is impossible
  • Heavy lifting - This refers to the most difficult aspects of a project, as in, "Bill is doing all the heavy lifting for us!"
  • Face time - The time spent with a customer or client in person as opposed to on the phone or online
  • Hard copy - A physical print-out of a document rather than an electronic copy
  • No call, no show - An individual who neither shows up for the day nor calls in with a reason
  • Hammer it out - To type something up
  • Cubicle farm - A section of the office that contains worker's cubicles
  • Win-win situation - A solution where all parties are satisfied with the results
  • Desk job - Term for a job that is typically confined to duties from a desk, rather than one that requires standing or moving around
  • Kept in the loop - This is a common phrase used to mean a person who is informed about what's going on with a project or plan
  • Pick the low hanging fruit - Choose the simplest option or avenue to accomplish a task

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