Sadly this sort of thing caught on in the UK too where the tidal wave of US corporate speak was impossible to hold back. It's rife in the tech sector and beyond

Sadly this sort of thing caught on in the UK too where the tidal wave of US corporate speak was impossible to hold back. It's rife in the tech sector and beyond. I find all of this sort of thing; "blue sky thinking", "touch base", "leverage", "reach out" "deliverables" and so on, to be substitutes for clarity and real meaning. Just speak clearly and like a normal person please! Quite apart from murdering the language you often find that, whilst this sort of speech sounds clever on the surface, it's often hiding vagueness and half-baked thoughts. It gives the illusion of substance. "Lets touch base offline on those key deliverables when we have enough bandwidth and ensure our thinking is joined up". Makes me think of David Brent from The Office!