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plooptionary: Day 5

plooptionary - ploop’s weasel words and bullshit phrases fresh from the reeking bowels of consultants. (5 of 100)
Today’s phrase comes from the aviation industry but has crept into the wider world by the ever guffing management consultancy anus.  Cheers to Laura from a well know stockbrokers for the ‘heads up’.
* "Behind the power curve": […]

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plooptionary - Day 4

plooptionary - ploop’s weasel words and bullshit phrases fresh from the reeking bowels of consultants. (3 of 100)
Today’s phrase comes from an aviation consultant called Richard who is fed up of the way he was treated at networking events.
* "To feed in": The context here is an industry networking event for the airline industry.  […]

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plooptionary - Day 3

plooptionary - ploop’s weasel words and bullshit phrases fresh from the reeking bowels of consultants. (4 of 100)
Thanks for all your emails with word and phrase suggestions - I’m going to struggle keeping the plooptionary to just 100 entries!  Today’s phrase comes from a PR exec in the North of England called Judy.
* "On […]

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plooptionary - Day 2

plooptionary - weasel words and bullshit phrases fresh from the reeking bowels of consultants. (3 of 100)
   Today’s phrase is commonly used by people who are so bent double trying not to offend anyone - while trying to hijack other people’s creativity (which is always at the route of a plooptionary entry).
*"Thought Shower": The context, […]

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ploop-tionary: categorised bollocks

I am convinced I am the man for the job … I just need a little help.  I am convinced, with a little training, I can sit down in an hour-long business meeting and talk eloquently and confidently without actually saying anything other than bollocks.  Not come up with a single idea.  Add absolutely nothing […]

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