consultantese

English

Etymology

consultant +‎ -ese

Noun

consultantese (uncountable)

  1. Jargon or buzzwords used by consultants.
    • 2003, Russell D. Lambert, Executive's Guide to the Wireless Workforce, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 24:
      The real problem is that the consultant is talking in broad, consultantese abstractions, [...]
    • 1993, Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: creating the high-performance organization, Harvard Business School Press, →ISBN, pages x:
      We never quite converted him to consultantese (thank goodness), but we did move him a little toward the center.
    • 1974, Robert Kirk Mueller, Buzzwords: A Guide to the Language of Leadership, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., →ISBN, page 54:
      Consultantese for starting out on an assignment with little or no prior outline
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