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Corporate Buzzword Battle

Coworkers and meetings · Medium · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review Corporate buzzwords & lingo through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Meeting Speak, Email Phrases, Office Acronyms, Business Cliches, What It Really Means. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Meeting Speak

    This phrase means to revisit a topic later.

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    Circle back

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  • Email Phrases

    This email opener is used when someone wants to politely check on a past request.

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    Following up

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  • Office Acronyms

    These three letters stand for key performance indicator.

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    KPI

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  • Business Cliches

    This phrase means an easy opportunity that should be simple to win.

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    Low hanging fruit

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  • What It Really Means

    This word often means a person is too busy to take on more work.

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    Bandwidth

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Meeting Speak

$100 — This phrase means to revisit a topic later.
Circle back
$200 — This phrase means to share the same information with everyone involved.
Get aligned
$300 — This phrase means to briefly check in about progress or status.
Touch base
$400 — This phrase means a meeting held to discuss what happened after a project or event.
Debrief
$500 — This phrase means to stop working on a topic for now and return to it later.
Table it

Email Phrases

$100 — This email opener is used when someone wants to politely check on a past request.
Following up
$200 — This phrase asks someone to look at an attachment or information below.
Please see attached
$300 — This phrase means the sender is adding someone to the message conversation.
Looping in
$400 — This phrase means no reply is required from the recipient.
No action needed
$500 — This phrase means a topic has been moved out of the email thread for a private conversation.
Taking offline

Office Acronyms

$100 — These three letters stand for key performance indicator.
KPI
$200 — These three letters stand for paid time off.
PTO
$300 — These three letters stand for return on investment.
ROI
$400 — These three letters stand for subject matter expert.
SME
$500 — These four letters stand for end of business day.
EOBD

Business Cliches

$100 — This phrase means an easy opportunity that should be simple to win.
Low hanging fruit
$200 — This phrase means to use creative thinking outside normal limits.
Think outside the box
$300 — This phrase means a small action that creates a large impact.
Move the needle
$400 — This phrase means to focus on what matters most right now.
Prioritize the highest impact
$500 — This phrase means a solution that works immediately but will not scale well long term.
Band-Aid fix

What It Really Means

$100 — This word often means a person is too busy to take on more work.
Bandwidth
$200 — This word often means people need to agree before moving forward.
Alignment
$300 — This phrase often means the idea is not approved yet.
Needs more discussion
$400 — This phrase often means the team is waiting on someone else before proceeding.
Blocked
$500 — This phrase often means a project sounds simple but has many hidden complications.
More complex than it looks

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