Corporate Speak Got You Down?

Holy cats, people. This article is absolutely quack-tastic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457287.stm

Major kudos to the BBC, they've outdone themselves (not so unusual).
An acquaintance at work floated this to me the other day, and I was weeping with gratitude.

Now whether your office is partial to terms such as "challenges" or "low-hanging fruit" [mine is, and I shudder every time I hear it! I picture punk-y kids vandalizing with clubs and punching people in the gonads.], the above piece is a must-read. This article brings up so many more anger-making phrases that the people who coined them should be publicly humiliated by being made to wander the streets naked while being pummeled with dictionaries.

I think this is my favorite:

"My employers recently informed staff that we are no longer allowed to use the phrase brain storm because it might have negative connotations associated with fits. We must now take idea showers."

It doesn't get any better than that, my friends.