Wiki: Irritating phrases you are subjected to in "the enterprise"

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Published on 2009-05-19T18:53:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 16:23 UTC
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I am "deploying" a very silly question, but it could be amusing.

What especially irritating "business" terminology are you subjected to at work?

The one that annoys me most actually is "the enterprise" which apparently makes you sound more dangerous than just "enterprise"

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