corporatespeak

English

Etymology

From corporate +‎ -speak.

Noun

corporatespeak (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) The jargon used within business and corporations.
   • 2007 October 7, “Letters”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English.

2. (informal, derogatory) The highly formal language used in advertisements and public relations-related statements from corporations.

Synonyms

• bizspeak
• corporatese
• corpspeak

Translations

jargon used within business

• Dutch: kantoortaal f
• Finnish: bisnesjargon
• French: jargon d’entreprise m
• Polish: korpomowa f

See also

• managerese