Corporatespeak

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon used within business and corporations. derogatory, informal, uncountable

    "The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English."

  2. 2
    The highly formal language used in advertisements and public relations-related statements from corporations. derogatory, informal, uncountable

Example

More examples

"The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English."

Etymology

From corporate + -speak.

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