The Encyclopedia of Business Cliches

"Thinking outside of the box"

43 points

"win-win situation"

43 points

Paradigm Shift

33 points

Best Practices

32 points

Giving 110%

32 points

"Synergy"

31 points

"At the end of the day,..."

26 points

Low-hanging fruit

25 points

Going forward

22 points

Push the envelope

22 points

"Paradigm"

22 points

Web 2.0

21 points

"Value-added proposition"

19 points

The 80%-20% rule

19 points

"A leading provider of..."

18 points

"Maximize customer satisfaction"

17 points

Best of Breed

17 points

"Spending more time with my family"

15 points

core competency

14 points

Drop the ball

14 points

"Maximize leverage"

13 points

seamless integration

13 points

Brings a lot of value to the table

13 points

Take it to the Next Level

13 points

Let's hit the ground running.

13 points

Let's take this off-line

13 points

Client-Centered

12 points

Scalable

12 points

It is what it is

12 points

"Bring our 'A' game . . . "

12 points

Drinking Kool-Aid

12 points

24/7

11 points

touch base

11 points

at the end of the day....

11 points

Eco-anything

10 points

Robust

10 points

"offline"

9 points

Change Agent

9 points

Actionable

9 points

In Today's Highly Competitive Marketplace ...

9 points

The bottom line

8 points

Manage expectations

8 points

"Impactful"

8 points

Out-Of-Pocket

8 points

let's be proactive here people

8 points

800 pound gorilla

8 points

"Marketing-driven"

7 points

The iPod of ___insert industry___

7 points

Six Sigma

7 points

circle back

7 points

proactive

7 points

It is what it is

7 points

Putting lipsitick on a pig

7 points

ballpark figure

7 points

"Let's get granular"

6 points

Improve ROI

6 points

win-win

6 points

Has legs and can go really far...

6 points

Strategic...

5 points

scalability

5 points

Going from good to great

5 points

Next Generation

5 points

Rightsizing

5 points

Put a stake in the Ground

5 points

Multi task

5 points

Focused on ... (i.e. results)

5 points

"Architect" used as a verb

5 points

Faster, Cheaper, Better

5 points

The Elephant in the room (or the corner)

5 points

I don't have the bandwidth

5 points

Now More Than Ever

5 points

"Downsizing"

4 points

Benchmark

4 points

Industry Standard

4 points

Gotta raise the bar

4 points

Industry Leader

4 points

net-net

4 points

Thought Leader

4 points

User-experience

4 points

"Today, more than ever..."

4 points

integrated approach

4 points

Teamwork

4 points

Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes

4 points

step up to the plate

4 points

Upsell

4 points

let's be carbon neutral

4 points

Like facebook but for _____

4 points

Giving 111%

4 points

"A Plus for all Stakeholders"

3 points

"In the ... space"

3 points

From a _____ standpoint

3 points

Do no evil

3 points

Team player

3 points

Moving up the value chain

3 points

Perfect storm

3 points

I need to get flat with you

3 points

viral

3 points

"Boots on the ground"

3 points

The customer is always right

3 points

Polishing a Turd

3 points

Loss Leader

3 points

________ on steroids

3 points

Rubber hits the road

3 points

Yes AND no.

3 points

Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

3 points

Work Life Balance

3 points

I'm not throwing him under the bus, but...

3 points

The take-aways

3 points

World Class

3 points

Let's take a deeper dive

3 points

Disruptive innovation

3 points

It's a no-brainer

3 points

Greed Is Good

3 points

Blue Sky Thinking

3 points

SEO (to describe anything on the internet)

3 points

Too many chiefs and not enough Indians

3 points

Come to Jesus

3 points

Herding cats

3 points

"Quite frankly..."

2 points

"In terms of"

2 points

"We'll loop you in..."

2 points

User-Focused

2 points

sustainability

2 points

"New and Improved"

2 points

purple cow

2 points

1+1=3

2 points

"organic" growth

2 points

I'll sharpen the pencil

2 points

game changer

2 points

game changing

2 points

stick a fork in it.... its done

2 points

Data driven

2 points

Dynamic

2 points

Crossing the Chasm

2 points

Good to go

2 points

It's all good

2 points

Ramp-up

2 points

the scenery only changes for the lead dog

2 points

Rigor

2 points

under the radar

2 points

Do you have any bandwidth?

2 points

Cast a wider net

2 points

Visionary (job title)

2 points

Our go-to-market strategy

2 points

Just my 2 cents

2 points

We'll make sure to revisit this

2 points

Ping

2 points

Corporate DNA

2 points

When The Rubber Meets The Road..

2 points

Level Playing Field

2 points

Points of Distraction

2 points

Resonate

2 points

When the rubber meets the road

2 points

Ballpark figure

2 points

If you can't measure it, you can't control it

2 points

monetize

2 points

You have to spend money to make money.

2 points

Money talks and bull$#!^ walks

2 points

drinking from a firehose

2 points

mission critical

2 points

open kimono

2 points

The genie is out of the bottle

2 points

Firing on all cylinders

2 points

Carrot and stick

2 points

(Getting some) traction

2 points

Headcount

2 points

Burn rate

2 points

Stealth

2 points

Business casual

2 points

Transparency

2 points

Plug-and-Play

1 point

customizable

1 point

Disintermediation

1 point

Re-organization

1 point

Pull-through Sales

1 point

Tearing down the silos...

1 point

"if we have the courage of our convictions"

1 point

This thing's going to happen

1 point

I appreciate your candor...

1 point

"Someone (who is) plug and play"

1 point

Cost center

1 point

Monetize

1 point

Like minded

1 point

Quick Wins

1 point

Whatever it takes

1 point

Shit Happens

1 point

Ideation

1 point

Paving the cowpath

1 point

eat our own dog food

1 point

solutions

1 point

Silo

1 point

For all your _____ needs.

1 point

Your ____ solution(s)

1 point

Lead the charge

1 point

USP

1 point

Shared Vision

1 point

take one for the team

1 point

Healthy

1 point

Solution

1 point

Let's remember the rule of 212 degrees

1 point

Lets Do Lunch!

1 point

Hey, we're not here to boil the ocean.

1 point

Our Talk Track

1 point

Crowd-Sourcing

1 point

SEO (to describe anything on the internet)

1 point

"Your life is a series of action. Actions are your steps to success." Oscar Jones Dambrit

1 point

Stakeholder

1 point

work around

1 point

Business needs

1 point

Divide and Conquer

1 point

There will be blood.

1 point

Lone ranger

1 point

Mindshare

1 point

Bells and whistles

1 point

Differentiate

1 point

Team building

1 point

On the _____ side,...

1 point

(I've got a) full plate

1 point

Step up to the plate

1 point

(We're getting some) push-back

1 point

We're getting the band back together

1 point

Razors and razorblades

1 point

Incentivize

1 point

Next steps

1 point

Smile and dial

1 point

Eat your vegetables

1 point

Execute to plan

1 point

Stay on message

1 point

Strategic

1 point

By way of housekeeping...

1 point

Bio break

1 point

Functionality

1 point

Momentum

1 point

Reduction of force

1 point

Eat what you kill

1 point

Cannibalize

1 point

Bring to the table

1 point

Look the part

1 point

Trending

1 point

Up and to the right

1 point

Face time

1 point

Put a face to the name

1 point

Take him out behind the wood shed

1 point

Halo effect

1 point

(get on your) dance card

1 point

Get on your radar

1 point

Go off road

1 point

(He's gone) off the reservation

1 point

Color outside the lines

1 point

Shoot first, ask questions later

1 point

Ready, fire, aim

1 point

Tipping point

1 point

Long tail

1 point

Back of the envelope

1 point

Under-promise and over-deliver

1 point

Better to apologize later than ask permission first

1 point

Screw the pooch

1 point

(These customers need) hand holding

1 point

Level set

1 point

The 8,000-foot view

1 point

From a high-level perspective,...

1 point

Chest thumping

1 point

Pound the table

1 point

Spray and pray

1 point

Hope is not a strategy

1 point

Carpet bombing

1 point

Time to market

1 point

Leave money on the table

1 point

Stick to your knitting

1 point

Built from the ground up

1 point

Re-Imagine

1 point

Transparent

1 point

ground breaking

1 point

stae-of-the-art

1 point

Ya Think ?

1 point

You have to "care"

1 point

Move the Needle

1 point

Barniff

1 point

With all due respect

1 point

fat rabbit

1 point

Brick and Morter

1 point

Drink the company Kool-aid

1 point

Due Diligence

1 point

Let's make sure we're on the same page...

1 point

The Glass Ceiling

1 point

Passing the Buck

1 point

Skyrocket your profits

1 point

Block & Tackle

1 point

http://www.miningne.ws

1 point

"Quality is job one"

0 points

"Robust and customer-focused"

0 points

precision engineered

0 points

high performance

0 points

intelligent engineering

0 points

Re-invented

0 points

Certified...

0 points

create something remarkable

0 points

my success is your success

0 points

Skate to where the puck is going

0 points

Robustize

0 points

"Honestly..."

0 points

My way or the highway

0 points

I'd like to come by and check your temperature.

0 points

"Custom Engineered Solutions"

0 points

Pick it up and sit on it

0 points

On-Ramp

0 points

Off- Ramp

0 points

Noise in The System

0 points

Real Time Meeting

0 points

Circle back around

0 points

business athlete

0 points

Integrated Marketing

0 points

Feeding the hopper

0 points

x-Killer (i.e. iPod Killer like the Zune)

0 points

showstopper

0 points

the way forward

0 points

contemporize the portfolio

0 points

_______ manifesto

0 points

In the trenches with you...

0 points

Our people are our best asset

0 points

It's a birdnest on the ground

0 points

Directionally Correct

0 points

Everything is a matter of balance

0 points

Surface key learnings

0 points

"You are what you are"

0 points

Lets Trade Links

0 points

Reach out

0 points

Never trust a Salesman

0 points

We Have No Choice...

0 points

Everyone Is Doing It

0 points

I Heard It Thru The Grapevine...

0 points

Your Real Estate Agent For Life

0 points

Lessons will be learned

0 points

Flexible solutions

0 points

We'll Fix It In 'Post'

0 points

Who Moved My Cheese?

0 points

(We don't want to be) all things to all people

0 points

No Achievement is Without Sacrifice. dc

0 points

Just for sh_ts & giggles.

0 points

leverage resources

0 points

This moment in time

0 points

Underemployed

0 points

"Incent" as a verb

0 points

That's not all!

0 points

0 points

0 points

Let's drill down on this.

0 points

"geographical footprint" or footprint of any kind

0 points

it's a contact sport

0 points

it's part of our secret sauce

0 points

corporate entitlement

0 points