Printable Corporate Buzzwords Bingo

Whether it’s a meeting that could have been an email or one of those days where time seems to be standing still, some days at work just feel like an uphill battle. To inject a bit of fun into those marathon meetings, we’ve created quite the buzz in our office with our very own Corporate Buzzwords Bingo. Download and print to play along with your colleagues and see who can tick them all off first. 

What is a buzzword? 

A buzzword is a word or phrase, often jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time, or in a particular context.  

Corporate buzzwords and phrases are office-specific phrases that you’re likely to hear throughout your day.  

Check out some of our favourites below, don’t forget to tag us on Instagram (@cartridgepeople) with pictures of your completed Corporate Buzzword Bingo Board and tell us some of your favourites!

Glossary

• Think outside the box – explore ideas that are freely creative, not limited or controlled by tradition or rules. Think of something different! 
• Touch base – make brief contact with someone 
• Deep dive – a thorough investigation 
• Reinvent the wheel – waste time trying to do something that has already been done successfully 
• Pivot – fundamentally changing direction when something isn’t working 
• Set the wheels in motion – do something to begin a process 
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket – putting all your effort or resources into one thing, risking all success or failure on one thing 
• Put a pin in it – holding on to a thought or idea to return to later 
• Run it up the flagpole – test the popularity of a new idea 
• Move the needle – changing the situation to a noticeable degree 
• Bring to the table – contribute something that will be a benefit 
• 110% – apply the maximum amount of effort possible, and push yourself even further still 
• On the back burner – something temporarily being put aside to focus on more urgent or important things 
• Walk before you can run – learn the basics before trying to do something advanced 
• On the same page – to agree, or thinking in a similar way about something 
• More bang for your buck – to get better value for the effort or money you put in