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256 words found

Jargon or Redundant

24/7

30,000 feet, at

absolutely

actionable

actionables

after a lengthy battle with cancer

alleged

amazing

area residents

as expected

at the end of the day

at this point in time

awesome

bandwidth

be that as it may

behind bars

behind closed doors

best of breed

best practices

blue sky thinking

boil the ocean

brainstorm

bricks and mortar

bring to the table

bubble burst

c-level

campaign trail

centers of excellence

circle back around

circle with

client interfacing

close proximity

close the loop

commoditize

commoditized

complete surprise

completely destroyed, completely abolished, completely finished

componentize

core competencies

core competency

credit crunch

critical path

cross platform

cutting edge

cycles

death toll

deconflict

definitely possible

deliverables

descope

dial-in

dialogue

disambiguate

disincent

disintermediate

drill-down

drink the Koolaid

drinking the kool-aid

driver

eat(ing) your own dog food

ecosystem

efficient and effective

elevator story

elucidate

enabler

end-to-end

everyone who is anyone

exactly right

extremely important

facetime

fatal death

feature creep

financial meltdown

first and foremost

fled on foot

flee

folks

FU (follow-up)

functionality

gain traction

get some perspective

giving 110%

go to the mattresses

go-live

going forward

good stuff

granular; granularity

gunman

harness

has the bleeding stopped

has this been properly vetted

helicopter view

heretofore

high-level

high-tech

hold his feet to the fire

I don't mean to offend...but

I will revert back to you

I won't lie to you...

I would like to thank

icon

ideate

imho

in a surprise move

in harm's way

in order to

in other news

in the wake of

incarcerated

incent

incentivize

Informed sources say . . .

Instantiate

irregardless instead of Regardless

issue (= problem)

it is what it is

it's deja vu all over again

keep it in context

keeping it real

Key

killing spree

laud

leapfrog

learnings

let's socialize this

lets really drill down and... (as in during an in

level set

leveling the playing field

leverage

leveraging

long-pole item

loop in; keep in the loop

low hanging fruit

low risk, high reward

low-hanging fruit

marred

mavericky

medical hospital

mindshare

mission-critical

misunderestimate for underestimate

modularize

monetize

motorist

moving forward

mute point

my bad

near miss

need to work 25 hours a day

net-net

network effects

no brainer

offline

on the ground

open and honest

operationalize

out of pocket

out of the box

out there

outside the box

over in

over the moon

paradigm shift

Paradigm [shift]

paying it forward

pedestrian

peel the onion

penultimate

perception is reality

performance management

perished

perpetrator

ping

plagued

priorize

proactive

productize

programmatically

pushback

pushing the envelope

quick win

ramp up; ramp-up

reach out

real unique

real-time

reeling

renumeration

repurpose

right-sizing

robust

ROFL: rolling on floor laughing

roll out ; roll-out

rough order of magnitude

run it up the flagpole and see who salutes

scalable

scope

scope creep

seamless

seek

senseless murder

shots rang out

shout out

shower activity

sketchy details

skip-level

snow ball's chance in hell

socialize

solution

soup to nuts

space

special Interest Groups

state-of-the-art

stimulus

surface

sush (instead of sushi)

synergize

Synergy; synergize

take to the next level

takeaway

terrible tragedy

the fact of the matter

These troubled times

think outside the box

this is by far

this too shall pass

thus

tooled up

touch base

TPM cover sheets

traction

transparency

turnkey solution

under fire

under siege

underwent surgery

undisclosed

unrest

untimely death

utilize

utilized as a synonym for used

value chain

value proposition

value-add

vehicle

very unique

we will pass on this one

webify

wet signature

wetware

when all is said and done

win-win

win-win situation

workforce re-organization

world-class

year over year

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