REAL INTERNET CHINESE
workplace secret language
hollow corporate buzzwords like empower and closed loop that sound smart but say little
- Who can you say it to?
- Safe with anyone Fine at work, fine with your partner's parents.
- Out loud, or only typed?
- Say it or type it Works out loud and in chat.
- Is it still used?
- Settled in Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech.
When to say it
Say it when a meeting drowns in alignment, granularity and empowerment while nobody says anything real. Mocking and exhausted, the shared joke of every open plan office.
Hear it in the wild
Fùnéng bìhuán quán shì zhíchǎng hēihuà.
Empower, closed loop, all corporate buzzword bingo.
Tā mǎnzuǐ zhíchǎng hēihuà, tīng bù dǒng.
He speaks pure corporate jargon, totally unintelligible.
Quick answers
What does 职场黑话 mean?
hollow corporate buzzwords like empower and closed loop that sound smart but say little
When do people say 职场黑话?
Say it when a meeting drowns in alignment, granularity and empowerment while nobody says anything real. Mocking and exhausted, the shared joke of every open plan office.
When should you not say 职场黑话?
Mocking it is fine with colleagues. Do it in a presentation to executives and you are telling them their whole vocabulary is a joke.
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