Most Overused Jargon Phrases

As compiled by a CareerBuilder survey and reported by PR Daily (original article at: http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/10433.aspx)

• Outside the box (31 percent)
• Low-hanging fruit (24 percent)
• Synergy (23 percent)
• Loop me in (22 percent)
• Best of breed (19 percent)
• Incentivize (19 percent)
• Mission-critical (19 percent)
• Bring to the table (18 percent)
• Value-add (17 percent)
• Elevator pitch (16 percent)
• Actionable items (15 percent)
• Proactive (15 percent)
• Circle back (13 percent)
• Bandwidth (13 percent)
• High level (10 percent)
• Learnings (9 percent)
• Next steps (6 percent) 

My personal pet peeve: "innovative." It was a great word; now I fear it's being so overused that it means nothing.