http://www.badlanguage.net/buzzwords-from-hell How to communicate Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.badlanguage.net/buzzwords-from-hell#comment-408017 Bad Language / How to make money writing for the web Tue, 13 May 2008 13:41:25 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=36#comment-408017 [...] Buzzwords from hell [...] [...] Buzzwords from hell [...]

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/buzzwords-from-hell#comment-26182 Bad Language / Another buzzword generator Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:21:07 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=36#comment-26182 [...] I quite like this: Buzzword Blends. Check out my earlier post Buzzwords from hell for more in this vein. [...] [...] I quite like this: Buzzword Blends. Check out my earlier post Buzzwords from hell for more in this vein. [...]

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/buzzwords-from-hell#comment-252 Bad Language / CIA vs. MI6: How to pick the right tone of voice Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:25:09 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=36#comment-252 [...] It’s hard to get the perfect tone of voice but it’s very easy to get the wrong one. Mostly companies get the business buzzword version (see my post: Buzzwords from hell). Sometimes they manage to do the light ironic thing well (see: Not the usual yada yada). But occasionally, they get it very badly wrong. [...] [...] It’s hard to get the perfect tone of voice but it’s very easy to get the wrong one. Mostly companies get the business buzzword version (see my post: Buzzwords from hell). Sometimes they manage to do the light ironic thing well (see: Not the usual yada yada). But occasionally, they get it very badly wrong. [...]

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/buzzwords-from-hell#comment-24 Bad Language » Blog Archive » Simplicity itself Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:07:16 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=36#comment-24 [...] I read an excellent post on Presentation Zen about eliminating unnecessary words.  There’s a lovely story about a fishmonger. Seriously.  It’s good. It reminds me of something the novellist Robert Graves once said: the writer’s best friend is the wastebasket. Another way of eliminating unnecessary verbiage is to share a common vocabulary.  I’ve talked in the past about eliminating jargon and this is exactly right if you’re talking to a non-specialist audience.  But at other times, as in air traffic control or in geek culture, it is efficient. [...] [...] I read an excellent post on Presentation Zen about eliminating unnecessary words.  There’s a lovely story about a fishmonger. Seriously.  It’s good. It reminds me of something the novellist Robert Graves once said: the writer’s best friend is the wastebasket. Another way of eliminating unnecessary verbiage is to share a common vocabulary.  I’ve talked in the past about eliminating jargon and this is exactly right if you’re talking to a non-specialist audience.  But at other times, as in air traffic control or in geek culture, it is efficient. [...]

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