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corporatespeak

corporatespeak noun: the jargon used within business and corporations.

Noun

corporatespeak (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, informal) The jargon used within business and corporations.
    • The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English.2007 October 7, “Letters”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
  2. (derogatory, informal) The highly formal language used in advertisements and public relations-related statements from corporations.

Synonyms of corporatespeak

Forms of corporatespeak

alternative formcorporate speak
alternative formcorporate-speak

Origin of corporatespeak

From corporate + -speak.

Questions about corporatespeak

What does corporatespeak mean?
Corporatespeak means the jargon used within business and corporations.
What part of speech is corporatespeak?
Corporatespeak is a noun.

Words near corporatespeak in the dictionary

  1. corporated
  2. corporately
  3. corporateness
  4. corporates
  5. corporatese
  6. corporatespeak
  7. corporatewide
  8. corporatey
  9. corporating
  10. corporation
  11. corporation aggregate

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