In the past, I have often used this forum to rail against the corporate vocabulary of my colleagues. Perhaps due to the realization that I am currently on the 18th hole of my career, I find what formerly stoked the fires of outrage has withered into resignation and ultimately despair.
The source of my essentially waving the white flag of bitter surrender is the evolution of an existing business speak phrase. Risk/reward has been around for years, as has the conclusion that the risk outweighs the reward. Apparently those no longer suffice. The current favored expression is, "The juice isn't worth the squeeze."
I repeat, "The juice isn't worth the squeeze."
In the lexicon of a 15 year old girl, "I can't even..."
Jargon like that at one time caused me concern for the future of the human race. No longer. I now welcome the human extinction event and wish it godspeed. I will be sitting on my front porch watching and sipping my finest bottle of wine when it overtakes me.
On a related point, I read online that what we call business speak, jargon, etc. is referred to as bollocks speak in England. I prefer that term.
