Annoying workplace jargon

I stumbled upon this list of business catch phrases that most annoy workers worldwide and had to share it. I also feel compelled to add a couple to the list. My current workplace seems fairly (though not entirely) free of this kind of ridiculousness, but McGraw-Hill was filthy with it. There was:

Blue sky, as in “What would you like to do with this project, blue sky?” Or “What would you like to change, blue sky?” In other words, “What would you do with this project if it existed outside the limitations imposed by reality? You know, if you had all the money in the world, a time machine, and a less annoying set of coworkers?”

Then there was the short-lived but extremely intense “thud factor” heyday. My boss (crazy Lisa, for those of you in the know) came back from a week long meeting where this phrase had apparently caught on like wildfire. Suddenly every book we published had to have a “thud effect” which basically meant it had to reach the customer with a whole mess of crap. No concern about quality as long as there was an accompanying CD, website, instructor’s manual, and tie-dyed pot-bellied pig to draw attention to the whole lot.

And then there was the famous Emily Barrosse not-quite-jargon-but-just-as-annoying-nevertheless, “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” To which I always wanted to answer, “Anything but this.”