Buzzwords Please stop saying these ridiculous buzzwords at work

Buzzwords Please stop saying ansicht ridiculous buzzwords at workBuzzwords Please stop saying these ridiculous buzzwords at workAt first, euphemisms surfaced in the workplace to help people deal with touchy subjects that were difficult to talk about. Before long, they morphed into corporate buzzwords that expanded and took over our vocabulary until our everyday conversations started sounding like theyre taking place on another planet.Listen Ray, I dont have the bandwidth for it with everything thats on my plate, but ping me anyway because at the end of the day its on my radar and I dont want to be thrown under the bus because I didnt circle back around on this no-brainer.I understand the temptation. These phrases are spicy and they make you feel clever (low hanging fruitis a crutch of mine).But they also annoy the hell out of people.If you think that you can use these phrases without consequence, youre kidding yourself. Just pay close attention to how other people react to your using them, and youll see that these phrases dont cast you in a favorable light.After all, TalentSmart has tested the emotional intelligence of more than a million people and one of the biggest need areas for most people is social awareness. Most of us are so focused on what were saying and what were going to say next that we lose sight of how our words affect other people.So give this list a read, think of how often you use some of these words, and see if you can catch yourself before you use them again.Have some fun with it, because at the end of the day if you dont hit the ground running you can always go back to the drawing hauptplatine and get the ball rollingAt the end of the dayBack to the drawing boardHit the ground runningGet the ball rollingLow hanging fruitThrown under the busThink outside the boxLets touch baseGet my managers blessingIts on my radarPing meI dont have the bandwidthNo brainerPar for the courseBang for your buckSynergyMove the goal postApples to applesWin-winCir cle back aroundAll hands on deckTake this offlineDrill-downElephant in the roomOn my plateWhat phrases are your pet peeves?Travis Bradberry is the co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the co-founder of TalentSmart.This article originally appeared on LinkedIn.