14. Thinking outside the box
Leave me and my box alone, you annoying creature. Try to come up with your own unique ideas for once, instead of ripping off other people and passing their work as your own. Now, how many of you wanted to say this to your boss?
13. Vertical
This one on our list of most annoying business phrases and buzzwords is especially infuriating because they invented a new and completely redundant phrase to describe something that existed forever. If you make a piece of software that only serves sales, then you’re serving sales vertical. Why not just sales? It is a great way to sound pretentious and ignorant at the same time.
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