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Buzzword Ipsum

57 points by nns 11y ago

sinaa 11y ago
Related: Corporate Bullshit Generator [1] [1] http://cbsg.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/live http://cbsg.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/live
- plsnotakos 11y ago
  Had an argument with my boss about "copying texts from othe companies websites to our prototype website". I tried to explain what this text really was, he did not approve off the name.
Andrewbass 11y ago
Scott Adams would find this useful I think.
ArekDymalski 11y ago
Works impressively well. Generates premium quality corporate-site-ready bullshit and throws in small gems of pure absurd like "Efficiencies will come from intelligently offshoring our low hanging fruit"
- filereaper 11y ago
  Looks like it harvests its gems from here https://twitter.com/buzzwordipsum https://twitter.com/buzzwordipsum
  - raenn 11y ago
    Other way around, actually - there's a little ruby bot that grabs stuff from the site's API. :)
chestnut-tree 11y ago
Excellent. When you put these buzzwords together like this, you realise how ludicrous and inflated they sound (and often meaningless too). And let's face it, the tech world is as guilty as any other when it comes to inflated language over plain speaking. Related article on corporate guff (from 2014) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25652101 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25652101
- w0utert 11y ago
  >> And let's face it, the tech world is as guilty as any other when it comes to inflated language over plain speaking I would say even more so ;-)
stephenr 11y ago
Seems to be a bug where it will only show paragraphs not words. Maybe that's part of the buzzword joke?
jweather 11y ago
The real hazard is that the output may be indistinguishable from your content, making it difficult to recognize as a placeholder...
- pc86 11y ago
  The real hazard is when it's indistinguishable even after you've read both.
deleted 11y ago
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c0ur7n3y 11y ago
"Ethically touching base about monetizing enterprises will make us leaders in the world-class core competency industry." My sides!
new_hackers 11y ago
Good news, my weekly status report is now complete!
mdisc 11y ago
In the running with http://hipsum.co/ http://hipsum.co/ for my favorite filler text now!
raenn 11y ago
A friend and I made this :D If anyone wants to suggest any new buzzwords... https://github.com/inversion/buzzword-ipsum https://github.com/inversion/buzzword-ipsum
- yellowapple 11y ago
  What's the license on that codebase?
oliv__ 11y ago
Hahaha this is amazing, great job!

57 points by nns 11y ago

sinaa 11y ago

Related: Corporate Bullshit Generator [1] [1] http://cbsg.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/live http://cbsg.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/live

plsnotakos 11y ago
Had an argument with my boss about "copying texts from othe companies websites to our prototype website". I tried to explain what this text really was, he did not approve off the name.

Andrewbass 11y ago

Scott Adams would find this useful I think.

ArekDymalski 11y ago

Works impressively well. Generates premium quality corporate-site-ready bullshit and throws in small gems of pure absurd like "Efficiencies will come from intelligently offshoring our low hanging fruit"

filereaper 11y ago
Looks like it harvests its gems from here https://twitter.com/buzzwordipsum https://twitter.com/buzzwordipsum
- raenn 11y ago
  Other way around, actually - there's a little ruby bot that grabs stuff from the site's API. :)

chestnut-tree 11y ago

Excellent. When you put these buzzwords together like this, you realise how ludicrous and inflated they sound (and often meaningless too). And let's face it, the tech world is as guilty as any other when it comes to inflated language over plain speaking. Related article on corporate guff (from 2014) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25652101 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25652101

w0utert 11y ago
>> And let's face it, the tech world is as guilty as any other when it comes to inflated language over plain speaking I would say even more so ;-)

stephenr 11y ago

Seems to be a bug where it will only show paragraphs not words. Maybe that's part of the buzzword joke?

jweather 11y ago

The real hazard is that the output may be indistinguishable from your content, making it difficult to recognize as a placeholder...

pc86 11y ago
The real hazard is when it's indistinguishable even after you've read both.

deleted 11y ago

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c0ur7n3y 11y ago

"Ethically touching base about monetizing enterprises will make us leaders in the world-class core competency industry." My sides!

new_hackers 11y ago

Good news, my weekly status report is now complete!

mdisc 11y ago

In the running with http://hipsum.co/ http://hipsum.co/ for my favorite filler text now!

raenn 11y ago

A friend and I made this :D If anyone wants to suggest any new buzzwords... https://github.com/inversion/buzzword-ipsum https://github.com/inversion/buzzword-ipsum

yellowapple 11y ago
What's the license on that codebase?

oliv__ 11y ago

Hahaha this is amazing, great job!