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The funnest part is the corporate jargon resulting from history or just the vertical they are in. I worked at one company that had used teletypes to location t
by protomyth 6y ago
The funnest part is the corporate jargon resulting from history or just the vertical they are in. I worked at one company that had used teletypes to location that had a charge per character. This lead to an official abbreviation sheet. This had two effects later on. One, old timers kept using the abbreviations into the e-mail age. The second was some of the abbreviated words became part of the corporate jargon. This lead to some serious confusion when spoken abbreviations are used in place of the full words. Some actions were abbreviated and said in a couple of syllables.
- Donald 6y agoDo you have some examples from the sheet? Sounds fascinating.
- protomyth 6y agoWell, "CAK" for contract and "CAKAPP" for the whole applying stuff to a contract are two I remember. It was hella confusing for the later one for multiple weeks. Plus, I got an email that I literally felt like I was using a Captain Crunch Decoder Ring to translate into English. It was a trip.
- leetcrew 6y agomaybe I'm in too deep already, but none of the things on the list sound like jargon to me. I'm pretty sure they are just common english idioms. idioms in general tend to be tough for non-native speakers, but is the meaning of "circle back" really that opaque? and how is it corporate jargon? you would be as likely to hear that phrase from a hiker as from an office drone.
- protomyth 6y agoI think they all originated in business as jargon, but the American media drug them out to prime time. Probably the only true jargon left are industries / verticals that have their own business language that isn't seen in sitcoms or procedurals. I have always thought those verticals should really be the origin of any DSL used for those companies.