The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit: An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk

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This caustically funny Webster's of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land. It's time to face the facts- We live in the Golden Age of Bullshit. And as anyone who has ever worked in an office knows, the corporate world is a veritable sea of B.S.-and we are all drowning in it. Thank God for Lois Beckwith,anactual human being with the courage and moralfiberto cut through the crap (so to speak) and give us citizens of the working world the lowdown on what all this corporate lingua francaactuallymeans. Breathe easy.The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshitwill make your job a whole lot easier, telling you how to get ahead (kissing ass, playinggolf),avoidannoying colleagues (usecaller ID), and ride the elevator without ruining your career (if yougossip, use pronouns, andnevertalk to theCEO). If you have ever wondered what amindshareis (some kind of drug), puzzled over the meaning of words likeimpactfulorincentivize(here's a clue-those are not actual words), or been faced with a glassy-eyed zombie of a coworker singing the praises ofsynergy, thenThe Dictionary of Corporate Bullshitis for you! Forget what you learned inBschool-this handy reference guide will teach you everything you need to know about the empty, enraging, and just plain stupid gobbledygook that masquerades as "communication" in the working world.

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Lois Beckwith is a corporate communications executive at a major media company in New York City. She is the author of the The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit.