Corporate jargon lists jargon often used in business communication of corporations.

Acronyms

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ASAP : as soon as possible

BU : business unit

EOD : end of day

CAO : Chief accounting officer

CEO : Chief executive officer

CFO : Chief financial officer

COO : Chief operating officer

CTO : Chief technical officer

FY : fiscal year

FYI : for your information

HR : human resources

OBE : overtaken by events; obsolete

OOO : out of office

TBH : to be hired

TCO : total cost of ownership

ROI : return on investment

Nouns

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Assessment - Benchmark - Best practices - Bottle neck - Buckets - Change - Coach - Competitive advantage - Conflict resolution - Constraints - Core competencies - Core values - Cracker jack - Critical thinker - Cutting edge practices - Dashboard - Deliverables - Diagnosis - Downsize - Enterprise - Excellence - Flavor of the month - Fire fighter - Game theory - Gatekeeper - Geographically dispersed - Golden handshake - Headhunter - Individual contributor - Leadership - Learning experience - Line of sight - Mad as a hornet - Mastery - Matrix organization - Metrics Milestones - Moving target - Nesting - Not invented here - Individual contributor - Outcomes - Partnership - Practical application - Process - Process management - Product / service environment - Recommendation - Re-engineer - Requirements - Rightsize - Seat at the table - Show case - Six sigma - Standards - State of the art - Superior advantage / performance - Supply chain - System - Teamwork - Thought leader - Value added - Womb to tomb

Verbs

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Attract - Champion - Deliver - Facilitate - Forge - Generate - Inspire - Integrate - Intervene - Leverage - Manage - Partner - Reach out - Spearhead - Strategize - Synergize - Throw a curve - Transform - Unify

Adjectives

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Authored - Nimble - Robust - Superior - Sustainable