I'm fully convinced most (not all, of course) of these people are just babbling words they've heard without making any sense. They talk a lot, but rarely actua

I'm fully convinced most (not all, of course) of these people are just babbling words they've heard without making any sense. They talk a lot, but rarely actually say anything. I hate to paint -everyone- that way, so just speaking from my experience. At my company, a few years back, 'quantify' was the word du jour. Every person used it, most wrong, and no-one ever batted an eye and said 'what the hell are you even talking about?' I'm talking about sentences like 'Let me quantify that by saying, our growth initiative in sector x is our leading priority'. Half of them were using it as a synonym for clarify or qualify, I think. One can never be sure, because the speaker didn't even know. But it's a fancy sounding word to mark off the corporate speak bingo card.