Garbage language is getting some good press, both pro and con. “Garbage language” is a neologism for corporatese terms of art (“term of art” being legalese itself).
I’m guessing they don’t have this problem in factories. Or on sales floors. Garbage language is a product of the knowledge economy and reflects the fact that none of us have real jobs.
Of course our jobs are real in the sense that they pay us real money and there are real people depending on us. But our success is measured by concepts – bytes, currency, estimated eyeballs. Garbage language creates a mutually-agreed upon framework to discuss things that don’t exist. Garbage language can be a curse when used to obfuscate and a blessing when used narrowly. Either way it’s a symptom, not a cause.
Liz Welsh 