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consultantese

noun

Etymology

From consultant + -ese.

  1. derived from consulto — “to deliberate, consult”
  2. derived from consultant
  3. suffixed as consultantese — “consultant + ese”

Definitions

  1. Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.

    • The real problem is that the consultant is talking in broad, consultantese abstractions, [...]
    • We never quite converted him to consultantese (thank goodness), but we did move him a little toward the center.
    • Consultantese for starting out on an assignment with little or no prior outline

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA