Business Buzzwords

CNNMoney recently asked readers to write in about the business buzzwords they found most annoying. Here's the results:

• New paradigm and its evil twin, "paradigm shift"
• On the same page. 78 readers wrote to say they would be happy never to hear anyone say this again. Ever.
• Value proposition. "What is this exactly, and why does everything have to have one?" wonders Valerie.
• Core competencies. "If I hear the head of my division use this phrase one more time, I'm going to throw something at him," writes Jim. "Something heavy." Yikes. Division heads everywhere, you've been warned.
• Bottom line when it refers "not to an entry on a financial statement but to a conclusion the speaker wants to force you to accept."
• Shooting someone an e-mail or firing off an e-mail
• A challenge or an issue, when what the speaker really means is a problem
• No-brainer
• "At the end of the day..." to start every other sentence
• Hit the ground running.
• Touch base
• Going forward, as in, "Going forward, let's try not to use so many dumb clichés." Wonders Dave M: "What else would we do? Go back in time?" As if!
• Win-win.
• Mission-critical. Some hate this expression because it is frequently used to imply that one person's contribution to a project is less important than someone else's. Others, meanwhile, just think it sounds pretentious when businesspeople talk as if they were flying the Space Shuttle.
• Thought leader.
• Reference used as a verb, as in, "Please reference page 12 in your training guide."
• Ping, as in "I'll ping you on this when I hear back from legal."
• There is no "I" in "team." Some are so weary of hearing this, they've taken to snapping, "But there is an 'M', and look! An 'E'!"
• Radar screen, as in, "I'd like to get on your radar screen for a meeting next week." Asks Oliver, "What are we, air traffic controllers?"
• Bleeding edge
• Keep me posted
• Circle back, as in, "I'm just circling back to you on this."
• Cheerleader, as in calling oneself a cheerleader for a project or goal at work.
• One off. This is a comparatively new figure of speech frequently used to mean "privately," as in, "You and I will talk about this one off, after the meeting." It is also apparently why, according to many readers, nothing gets decided in meetings anymore.

Anyone have their favorite buzzword?