Fun with Work Jargon

In the consulting world, and this may be true for the "normal" corporate world as well, certain jargon is used in lieu of common phrases. I've compiled a list below of the ones I hear most often, and admittedly find difficult to avoid using :)

1.) I have a couple of questions/concerns/issues "around"...

I feel the word "about" is being highly marginalized these days. I do have to admit that substituting "around" for "about" is more visual.

2.) It's my expectation that...
And people are always needing to...
3.) Set expectations
Contacting someone can take many forms. Sometimes you may...
4.) Ping...
Or...
5.) Touch base with...
Or...
6.) Circle back with...
Or...
7.) Close the loop with...
someone if there is an open issue "around" something.
And if you happen to have the misfortune of being surgically attached to a pager, you don't "page" someone, you...
8.) Page "out" to someone
And if you, for example, forgot to "page out" to someone concerning something important, you obviously didn't do your...
9.) Due diligence
And are probably not...
10.) Adding value
Or being a...
11.) High performer
Which all can, in the end, turn out to be a...
12.) CLM (Career Limiting Move)
Which can have you...
13.) Riding the bench or unstaffed
...for quite sometime.
A lot of times during a meeting, you may have to...
14.) Revisit
an issue or...
15.) Take it offline
perhaps in a...
16.) Parking lot session
where you can discuss the business'...
17.) Core competencies
and how they can be...
18.) Leveraged
to create...
19.) Synergy
So you may have to come up with a new...
20.) Game plan
that might not fit the...
21.) Paradigm
that everyone is used to. Which may cause some people to...
22.) Push back
23.) ...at the end of the day
when they actually needed it...
24.) Like yesterday.