num_pages: 199
description: A Devil's Dictionary of Business Jargon is an entertaining, insider's guide to the new Corpspeak, with irreverent definitions of the words used in business to disguise the real intrigue, treachery and incompetence taking place behind the scenes. It includes more than 500 cynical definitions, in a dictionary format, enhanced by over 100 quotations from sources as varied as John D. Rockefeller, Heather Reisman, Robin Williams and Jack Welch. For the word buff and corporate highflyer alike, A Devil's Dictionary of Business Jargon is an amusing and informative collection of current business buzz phrases and euphemisms. Written by a premier business writer, it is an elegant, incisive and ironic critique of the current language of business.
language: English
title: A Devil's Dictionary of Business Jargon
titlecomplete: A Devil's Dictionary of Business Jargon
publisher: Key Porter Books