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单词 management-speak
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management-speakn.

Brit. /ˈmanᵻdʒm(ə)ntˌspiːk/, U.S. /ˈmænɪdʒm(ə)ntˌspik/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: management n., -speak suffix.
Etymology: < management n. + -speak suffix.
Frequently depreciative.
A form of language considered typical of business managers or consultants, esp. in being obfuscatory, needlessly complex, or empty of useful meaning. Cf. managementese n., Newspeak n., technospeak n. at techno- comb. form 2a.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups
indenture Englisha1568
water language1702
jockeyism1802
slum1812
Polari1846
stable-language1856
scientificism1860
water-slang1860
Oxfordish1863
galley-slang1867
pitmatic1885
commercialese1910
legalese1911
academese1917
Hollywoodese1920
businessese1921
Hollywoodism1925
trade unionese1927
advertisingese1929
officese1935
sociologese1940
Whitehallese1940
Newspeak1949
patter1949
Pentagonese1950
educationese1958
computerese1960
managementese1961
spacespeak1963
computer-speak1968
techno-jargon1972
business-speak1973
Eurospeak1975
Euro-jargon1976
technospeak1976
doctorspeak1977
corporate-speak1978
medspeak1979
mellowspeak1979
technobabble1981
teenspeak1982
management-speak1986
codespeak1987
1986 Sunday Times 13 July 74/7 Most replies were standard management-speak: leadership, motivation and communication—the kind of terms offered by academics and consultants that can, and do, mean everything and anything.
1993 G. Pitt in P. B. H. Birks Examining Law Syllabus xi. 65 It is necessary to start by mentioning some external constraints (or 'challenges' in present management-speak).
2000 J. Simpson Mad World, my Masters (2001) vii. 243 In the management-speak of today's television this is known as ‘multi-skilling’, though we used to call it ‘one-man-banding’.
2002 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 Apr. f6 CRM [= Customer Relationship Management] is management-speak for ‘getting the most from existing customers’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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