The 10 most hated office buzzwords

Phrases such as ‘ping me’, ‘let’s touch base’ and ‘thought shower’ are unnecessary in the workplace, according to almost three-quarters of UK workers.

70.9% of employees are dismissing the concept of a buzzword heavy office, saying they are irrelevant, with 74.1% feeling that people only use them to sound intelligent.

Just over a third (34.7%) of professionals admitted to using buzzwords, but they might as well refrain from doing so, as 40.7% of workers said they would judge a colleague who had a buzzword-heavy vocabulary. 42.6% claim that they would be put off from a company that used a lot of buzzwords.

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However, marketing, design and electronics employees are keeping these cringe-worthy phases alive in the workplace, with 62.5% admitting to using them.