consultantese

English

Etymology

From consultant +‎ -ese.

Noun

consultantese (uncountable)

1. Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.
   • 2003, Russell D. Lambert, Executive's Guide to the Wireless Workforce, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 24:

     The real problem is that the consultant is talking in broad, consultantese abstractions, [...]

   • 1993, Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: creating the high-performance organization, Harvard Business School Press, →ISBN, page x:

     We never quite converted him to consultantese (thank goodness), but we did move him a little toward the center.

   • 1974, Robert Kirk Mueller, Buzzwords: A Guide to the Language of Leadership, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., →ISBN, page 54:

     Consultantese for starting out on an assignment with little or no prior outline