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What separates corpspeak from any other style of communication shared by a group of people in certain contexts? I thought corpspeak was just a type of codeswit

• woojoo666 4y ago
  Exactly this. Imo it's just a way of introducing new terms that can carry more subtle and nuanced meaning as the "corpspeak" evolves over time. "Bandwidth" doesn't just mean "time", it means time and energy and mental capacity. It conveys that you have a fixed amount of time/energy that you set aside for work. Also, I was unconvinced from the examples about how vague and neutral corpspeak is. > I’ll escalate this could mean: > “I guess my manager should know about this.” > OR > “I’m telling.” How is this different from just saying "I'll let the manager know". All phrases can have different meanings and connotations based on context. Perhaps it can be said that corpspeak is used to purposefully distance professional conversations from the loaded terminology that is used in casual conversation. The article talks about this at the end too. But over time, language will always take on nuance based on usage. So if the color of corpspeak is a neutral gray, it's because that is how we use it, and want it to be used.