Corporate Buzzwords/Jargon 3

QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response for each one)


1. We've got to make sure everyone is ____________________ for ( = everyone agrees to) our final implementation
on the board
on board
on the boat

2. Paul, Javier, you guys are going to ____________________ on this. ( = You guys will be working together on this)
tag
tag each other
tag team

3. Well, we just got our ____________________ orders. ( = instructions)
march
marching
margin

4. A characteristic of a service or product that raises its perceived value is known as a "value-____________________".
add
addition
addict

5. Technology is a shifting ____________________. ( = Technology is something that always changes)
paradigm
parachute
pear

6. Let's ____________________ = Let's talk
diagram
diatribe
dialogue

7. We're going to have to ____________________ ( = tell the truth) and let him know we are five weeks behind schedule.
open the kimono
open the door
let loose the iguana

8. This initiative will create the ____________________ needed to take our business to the next level.
synergy
symbiosis
sanctity

9. This kind of corporate office jargon is sometimes referred to as ____________________.
babble
officespeak
eloquent speech

10. To "get the ball ____________________" means to start something.
to roll
going
rolling

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