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We Have No Idea Who Might Have Been Trying To Secretly Tape Brian Tierney, But Let’s Get An Office Pool Going About What Annoying Words And Phrases Will Be On The Tapes When They Inevitably Surface

btpodGet your betting pool together, and pick your phrase: There’s cold hard cash on the table, people.

“lock ‘n’ load” · “user engagement” · ”social media” · ”stickyness” · “value added” · “net-net” · “Web 2.0″ · “blogosphere” · “Joey Sweeney” · “union-busting” · “transparency” · ”Bruce Toll” · “stop the bleeding” · “slight decline” · “convergence” · “break down silos” · “quick/easy win” · “low-hanging fruit” · ”synergy” · ”convergence” · “the printed product” · “truncated content” · ”sponsored content” · “owning the market” · ”hyperlocal” · ”long tail” · “journalist as brand” · “best-of-brand” · “best practices” · “U/X” · “IA” · “UI” · “core competencies”

We could do this all day, but we’d rather let you have some of the fun as well, in the comments. Good luck, baby needs a new pair of shoes.
NYT: What Are Words For

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 at 1:18 pm.

4 Responses to “We Have No Idea Who Might Have Been Trying To Secretly Tape Brian Tierney, But Let’s Get An Office Pool Going About What Annoying Words And Phrases Will Be On The Tapes When They Inevitably Surface”

  1. Brendangling Says:
    March 5th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Win-Win situation, robust practice, robust process, robust business model, Repeatable/sustainable results, Non-value added, High performance behaviors, Leverage, Empowerment, masters of our craft, do due dilligence, at the end of the day, subject matter experts.

    Phew. I need a shower.

  2. Allan Smithee Says:
    March 5th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    think the winning word will be either scumbag or broke-ass.

  3. Allan Smithee Says:
    March 5th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    … and by “winning word” mean frequency use.

  4. Sonny Says:
    March 5th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    My money is on “Steve Volk.”

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