I'm really tired of people calling a problem an issue. Give the poor word a rest.

The use of the word 'clearly' is clearly overused. Especially by East coasters who think they are quite knowledgeable.

"going forward", "impact" and all other such nonsense

My latest irritable phrase: "It is what it is."

How I abhor that phrase. It is a totally meaningless phrase.

Far worse than grumpy employees are the toxic employees, who sow discord in the workplace.

I HATE workplace jargon yet it makes me want to laugh. It has invaded every profession, not just offices. I can't believe people can actually use some of these terms and keep a straight face.

Bulls**t Bingo, anyone?

Why all the catchy phrases - why not just say what you mean and get it over with

Sounds like all minor problems to me. Get a real job outdoors and see the difference, sitting down inside for 7 hours is not hard to do.

MBA's with the "new business plans" gave us this jargon BS! Calling something by a fancy phrase doesn't make you smart, and it sure doesn't mean you know what you're talking about! We need a revolution-let's tell these business posers to STFU!

How about "the glass half full/empty" crap?? Depending on what is in the glass maybe I want to have it half empty if I have to drink all the BS down.

How about working with an imbecilic sycophant?

We used to call one individual who could suck the joy right out of a room with her negativity a "cubicle vampire" (after Dilbert).

Nothing will ruin your desire to come to work faster than a grumpy co-worker, but especially a boss. Harmony in the workplace is the most essential ingredient for work enjoyment.

Can't understand why anyone would find terms like "think out of the box" or "let's touch base" as irksome. Must be the grumpy co-workers that think like that because if you can't tolerate cliches, you must be a miserable person to work with.

The phrase "empower our employees" truly is an oxymoron. No one believes it.

Be a team player!

I work as a netadmin at a manufacturing plant with a lot of computers dedicated to the production lines. I am responsible for keeping them running. Unfortunately I cannot keep them locked down so others can't use them. The production workers, engineers, and people who have no business touching these computers will constantly change settings, delete or add software and then leave. I have video and computer evidence of them breaking the computer and stopping production. Their boss and the plant manager tell me to fix it while telling corporate downtime was due to equipment failure. When I complain they tell me not to blame people as that is not being a team player.

The plant is closing shortly. Too many costs to keep it running.

"Resources". People are people, not resources. You can abuse resources all you like - they aren't human. Not so an employee. Very annoying. Used in my workplace to emphasize the replaceable nature of people. Very ugly word.

The one that is guaranteed to make me go from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds:

"Work smarter, not harder!"

The next time I hear it, someone is going to be looking for their teeth on the sidewalk.

I call it "Corp-speak." Problems are not problems, they are "challenges." Phrasing announcements so positively and with so many buzz-words and phrases (my all-time worst is "moving forward." As opposed to what? Moving backwards?) that the announcements have no message at all. Co-workers are "associates." And on and on.

"Lets not re-invent the wheel." Definitely true. We shouldn't. But stop using this phrase. It makes me want to re-invent the taser so I can use it on you.

"It's all good". That irks me. It's only said when nothing is going good.