Corporate buzzwords list

Every phrase across all Corpo Bingo decks, grouped by theme. Updated 2026-09-19.

Daily Standup

  • Circle back
  • Synergy
  • Low-hanging fruit
  • Move the needle
  • Take this offline
  • Boil the ocean
  • Ping me
  • Bandwidth
  • Deep dive
  • Drill down
  • Touch base
  • Quick win
  • North star
  • Table stakes
  • Blocker
  • Async
  • Loop in
  • Double-click
  • Level set
  • Parking lot
  • Action item
  • Net-net
  • Ballpark
  • Streamline
  • Value-add
  • Best practice
  • Scalable
  • Pivot
  • Runway
  • Alignment
  • Cadence
  • Leverage
  • Holistic
  • Ideate
  • Bleeding edge
  • Growth hacking
  • KPI
  • OKR
  • Sprint
  • Stakeholder

Video Call

  • You're on mute
  • Can everyone see my screen?
  • Sorry go ahead
  • I'll drop it in the chat
  • You're frozen
  • Is there a hard stop?
  • Can you hear me?
  • Let me share my screen
  • Next slide please
  • Can we take this offline?
  • Who just joined?
  • Let's give people a minute
  • Everyone on mute please
  • You're cutting out
  • Sorry my dog
  • Wrong window
  • Stop sharing
  • I'll follow up over email
  • Can you repeat that?
  • We lost you
  • Let's park that
  • I'll take that as a yes
  • Recording has started
  • Bear with me
  • Technical difficulties
  • Camera's not working
  • Let's do intros
  • No you go
  • Waiting room
  • Breakout rooms
  • Raise your hand
  • This could've been an email
  • Thanks everyone bye
  • Let me pull that up
  • Any questions?
  • You still there?
  • Sorry background noise
  • Let's keep it to 30
  • Circle back
  • Mute button

All-Hands

  • Restructuring
  • Rightsizing
  • We're a family
  • Impacted teammates
  • Exciting new chapter
  • Do more with less
  • Streamlining
  • Synergies
  • Difficult decision
  • Reduction in force
  • Headwinds
  • Belt-tightening
  • Focus on the core
  • Sunset the project
  • Wind down
  • Transition period
  • Severance
  • Well-positioned
  • Thank you for your contributions
  • The market has shifted
  • Cost discipline
  • Flatten the org
  • Redundancies
  • Let go
  • Effective immediately
  • Return your laptop
  • Best of luck
  • Path to profitability
  • Extend the runway
  • Right people on the bus
  • Hard but necessary
  • Doubling down
  • Strategic realignment
  • All-hands at 3
  • Hold your questions
  • Not a reflection of your work
  • Efficiency
  • Non-revenue-generating
  • Tough quarter
  • More with less

Startup Pitch

  • Disrupting the space
  • TAM
  • Hockey stick
  • Product-market fit
  • Pre-revenue
  • Marketplace for X
  • Blitzscale
  • First mover
  • Network effects
  • Moat
  • 10x
  • Move fast
  • Fail fast
  • MVP
  • Pivot
  • Seed round
  • Series A
  • Burn rate
  • Unicorn
  • Down round
  • The deck
  • Cap table
  • Vesting
  • Founder mode
  • Ramen profitable
  • Growth at all costs
  • Land and expand
  • Flywheel
  • AI-powered
  • Category-defining
  • The next big thing
  • Vision
  • Bootstrap
  • Angel round
  • Scale
  • Hustle
  • Raising a round
  • Traction
  • Stealth mode
  • Term sheet

Consultant

  • It depends
  • 2x2 matrix
  • Boil the ocean
  • Hypothesis-driven
  • Client-ready
  • Value creation
  • MECE
  • Deliverable
  • Workstream
  • Directionally correct
  • Order of magnitude
  • Sanity check
  • Framework
  • Peel the onion
  • Socialize the idea
  • Get buy-in
  • Scope creep
  • Out of scope
  • SteerCo
  • Working session
  • Pre-read
  • Straw man
  • Slice and dice
  • 80/20
  • Gut check
  • Blue-sky
  • Greenfield
  • Back of the envelope
  • Swim lane
  • RACI
  • Read-out
  • Playbook
  • Operating model
  • Cost takeout
  • Rack and stack
  • Deep dive
  • Phase 2
  • Levers
  • Quick and dirty
  • Actionable insights

Tech Support

  • Turn it off and on
  • Works on my machine
  • Clear your cache
  • Did you save it?
  • Known issue
  • Ticket closed
  • PEBKAC
  • Restart your computer
  • Are you on the VPN?
  • Reset your password
  • Check your spam folder
  • It's not plugged in
  • Escalate to tier 2
  • Send a screenshot
  • What browser?
  • Clear cookies
  • Reinstall it
  • Run as administrator
  • Check for updates
  • User error
  • Have you rebooted?
  • Ticket reopened
  • Working as intended
  • Cannot reproduce
  • Log a ticket
  • Server's down
  • Password expired
  • Two-factor
  • Access denied
  • Permissions issue
  • Rolled back
  • Patch Tuesday
  • Have you tried a different browser?
  • SLA breach
  • Downtime
  • Please try again
  • Off and on again
  • Read-only Friday
  • Have you updated?
  • It's a feature

Finance Bro

  • EBITDA
  • Burn rate
  • Down round
  • Term sheet
  • Due diligence
  • Liquidity event
  • Dry powder
  • Cap table
  • Bull market
  • Bear market
  • Basis points
  • Diamond hands
  • To the moon
  • Rug pull
  • HODL
  • Margin call
  • Soft landing
  • Rate hike
  • The Fed
  • Blue chip
  • SPAC
  • Valuation
  • Bagholder
  • Ticker
  • Series A
  • Unicorn
  • Runway
  • Vesting cliff
  • Convertible note
  • Short squeeze
  • Exit strategy
  • Yield curve
  • Dead cat bounce
  • Buy the dip
  • Paper hands
  • Golden parachute
  • Poison pill
  • Leveraged buyout
  • Angel investor
  • Market cap

Growth Marketing

  • Impressions
  • Engagement
  • Top of funnel
  • CTA
  • A/B test
  • Conversion
  • Brand voice
  • Go viral
  • Influencer
  • Retargeting
  • Content is king
  • Omnichannel
  • Persona
  • CPC
  • SEO
  • Above the fold
  • Landing page
  • Lead gen
  • Drip campaign
  • Clickbait
  • UGC
  • Evergreen
  • Frictionless
  • Value prop
  • Bounce rate
  • Click through
  • Funnel stage
  • Growth hack
  • Viral loop
  • Brand lift
  • Ad spend
  • Target audience
  • Social proof
  • Email blast
  • Cold outreach
  • Pain point
  • Market fit
  • Attribution model
  • Organic reach
  • Paid media

gen z

  • no cap
  • rizz
  • slay
  • bet
  • it's giving
  • ate
  • mid
  • sus
  • delulu
  • based
  • cringe
  • left on read
  • main character
  • understood the assignment
  • living rent free
  • touch grass
  • vibe check
  • lowkey
  • situationship
  • beige flag
  • green flag
  • gatekeep
  • glow up
  • ratio
  • fr fr
  • bussin
  • skibidi
  • girl dinner
  • highkey
  • icky
  • slaps
  • hits different
  • chef's kiss
  • big yikes
  • i'm deceased
  • core memory
  • unhinged
  • feral
  • say less
  • brainrot

OK Boomer

  • Back in my day
  • Firm handshake
  • Kids these days
  • The good old days
  • Money doesn't grow on trees
  • Print it out
  • Fax it over
  • Leave a voicemail
  • Get off my lawn
  • A hard day's work
  • Nobody wants to work
  • Avocado toast
  • Participation trophy
  • Reply all
  • Rolodex
  • Landline
  • Balance your checkbook
  • Early bird special
  • Warranty
  • The nightly news
  • Rewind the tape
  • Late fees
  • Turn that music down
  • Cursive
  • Snail mail
  • Phone book
  • Channel surfing
  • Encyclopedia
  • Dial up modem
  • VCR
  • Cassette tape
  • Paper map
  • Typewriter
  • Cash only
  • Rotary phone
  • Punch clock
  • Pension plan
  • Elbow grease
  • Sunday best
  • Whippersnapper

We're a Family Here

  • We're a family here
  • Work hard play hard
  • We're all in this together
  • Culture fit
  • Bring your whole self
  • Wear many hats
  • It's like a startup
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Ping pong table
  • Free snacks
  • Mandatory fun
  • Team building
  • Rockstar
  • Ninja
  • Guru
  • Hustle culture
  • Rise and grind
  • Go the extra mile
  • Above and beyond
  • Take ownership
  • No bad ideas
  • Fail forward
  • Growth mindset
  • Feedback is a gift
  • Radical candor
  • Flat hierarchy
  • Open door policy
  • We value your input
  • Trust falls
  • Team offsite
  • One team one dream
  • Like a second family
  • Do it for the mission
  • Change the world
  • Make an impact
  • Purpose-driven
  • Always on
  • Core values
  • Lunch and learn
  • Company retreat

OSHA Walkthrough

  • No hard hat
  • Frayed wire
  • Blocked fire exit
  • Wet floor, no sign
  • Ladder on a chair
  • Missing guardrail
  • Forklift joyride
  • Exposed rebar
  • No safety goggles
  • Overloaded outlet
  • Propped fire door
  • Top rung of the ladder
  • No fall harness
  • Unlabeled chemicals
  • Expired extinguisher
  • Trip hazard
  • Wobbly scaffold
  • No lockout tagout
  • Sparks near the fuel
  • Duct tape fix
  • Zip tie repair
  • Ignored the alarm
  • Removed the guard
  • Open manhole
  • Overloaded pallet
  • Daisy-chained cords
  • Blocked eyewash
  • Under a suspended load
  • No steel toes
  • Bypassed the sensor
  • Frayed lifting sling
  • No respirator
  • Extension cord in a puddle
  • Standing in the bucket
  • Homemade scaffold
  • Caution tape as decor
  • Not load-bearing
  • It was like that
  • One guy spotting
  • Hold my beer