The office phrases we love to hate
‘Move the goalposts’ or ‘teamwork, dreamwork’ or ‘can I borrow you for a sec?’ - they’re all workplace ‘buzz lines’ that we love to hate, according the research by jobs site reed.co.uk
A survey of 2,000 workers came up with these jargon gems.
Phrases guaranteed to irritate your co-workers
1. Can I borrow you for a sec?
2. How long is a piece of string?
3. Think outside the box
4. Teamwork, dreamwork
5. Keep me in the loop
6. Win-win
7. Pick your brains
8. I’m stacked
9. Blue sky thinking
10. Just playing devil’s advocate
The most overused sayings in the workplace
1. Can I borrow you for a sec?
2. Pick your brains
3. Think outside the box
4. Me in the loop
5. Get the ball rolling
6. All hands on deck
7. How long is a piece of string?
8. Back to the drawing board
9. Can you shed some light on this
10. Move the goalposts
Online expressions people say in the workplace
1. OMG
2. LOL
3. FYI
4. Epic fail
5. Cringe
6. Swag
7. YOLO
8. On point / on fleek
9. For the win
10. That’s cray