Every year the tech world blesses us with fresh jargon that somehow ends up in every LinkedIn post, Dragons' Den pitch and Newsnight segment. Rank these overused terms from mildly annoying to instant mute button.
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AI-powered
Slapped onto everything from toothbrushes to toasters, whether or not there's any actual intelligence involved. If your kettle is 'AI-powered', we need to talk.
Web3
The decentralised future that was definitely arriving in 2022, then 2023, and now... any minute now, honest. Comes bundled with unsolicited crypto advice from your cousin.
Disruptive
Every startup claims to be disrupting an industry, usually by making it worse for workers and slightly cheaper for a year before prices triple. Groundbreaking stuff.
Metaverse
Remember when we were all supposed to be having meetings as legless cartoon avatars? Meta certainly does, to the tune of billions. Awkward.
Synergy
Refuses to leave the boardroom despite decades of ridicule. If your manager says it unironically in a Teams meeting, you're legally allowed to log off.
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