Jazz It Up
Unsucked:
Add cliche elements to a site’s visual design (e.g., ribbon, drop-shadow, bevel).
Job Creator
Don’t raise taxes on the job creators if you want America to succeed.
Unsucked:
High-net worth individuals who prefer to stay that way by securing low taxes at home and hiring low-wage employees abroad. See also: trickle down economics.
Jump (on a phone call) v.
I managed to jump on a call with Kenny and interview him on exactly what he sees as the future of domaining.
Unsucked:
Parkour for the Bluetooth headset set—who substitute kinetic language for any physical activity more arduous than beeping open their A6. Call.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Unsucked:
Measurement (of success).
Kick the Tires
Unsucked:
Test or try. Research briefly.
Killer (adj.)
I want to give you the tools you need to create killer content every day, so you can take your business to the next level.
Unsucked:
Mediocre, unoriginal, or derivative of established methods.
Killing It
Sesame Street is killing it with viral videos lately.
Unsucked:
Doing well or succeeding. Murdering the competition, so to speak.
Knee-Deep
Unsucked:
Busy.
Knowledge Abundance
In the new economy of knowledge abundance, you don’t need to find all the relevant information.
Unsucked:
The notion that the vast quantity of crap published on the internet amounts to an actual increase in human knowledge.
Knowledge Acquisition
Unsucked:
Way of learning.
Knowledge Transfer
Let’s make sure we’re on the same page to increase opportunities for collaboration and knowledge transfer.
Unsucked:
Sharing relevant experience throughout an organization. Bitching about office politics over drinks. Getting old-timers to divulge useful information before you lay them off for being too expensive.
Lay the Foundation or Groundwork
Unsucked:
Prepare.
Leapfrog
Unsucked:
Spring ahead of the competition on one’s moist webbed digits.
Learnings
The learnings gained in achieving this milestone are enormous.
Unsucked:
New pieces of information, not including those related to proper English grammar.
Level of Effort (LOE)
What’s the level of effort for that project?
Unsucked:
A variable corresponding to how much someone can charge you for and whine about a specific task.
Level Set
I just want to level set around the GUI requirement for the migration from C++ to Java.
Unsucked:
Agree on expectations.
Leverage
Leverage the Forrester brand for marketing proof points.
Unsucked:
Use or take advantage of an asset, tool, or technology that doesn’t exist or that the speaker doesn’t understand.
(When referring to something that exists or is understood, the proper verb is “use”.)
Liquidity Event
With all of the recent liquidity events, Silicon Valley is once again sopping with opportunity.
Unsucked:
A happy ending for venture investors.
Living Document
This is a living document, which outlines our diverse investments in a single, comprehensive and integrated plan.
Unsucked:
A editable document. Or, in 2007, a wiki.
Long Pole in the Tent
On the BFG2000 release 4.0, the long pole in the tent is testing all the upgrade paths.
Unsucked:
The most difficult task. The hard part, ahem.
Long Tail
Should ISM focus on the truly innovative and top performing organizations or the long-tail of procurement sophistication?
Unsucked:
What you see when they open the kimono. Unpopular products.
Look Under the Covers
When you take a look under the covers you’re bound to find things you can improve to really drive best practices.
Unsucked:
Do your own research, particularly when you can’t get your subject to open the kimono.
Loop Back
Unsucked:
Revisit or discuss later.
Loop In
Unsucked:
Inform or notify.
Lovingly Made By
Tweety McTweetcounter was lovingly made by Sam, who wears a beard, and Slim, who adorbs Sufjan Stevens.
Unsucked:
Applying “add noise” and “emboss” instead of actual benefits.
Low-Hanging Fruit
Our budget’s tight on this one, so we need to go right in for the low-hanging fruit.
Unsucked:
Testicles.
Low-Information Voter (LIV)
Elimination of this tax will make it imperative that local governments raise taxes on the apathetic, low-information voter.
Unsucked:
Enfranchised idiot.
Loyalty
Marketers of loyalty programs are discovering the value in e-gift cards as a way to deliver instant gratification.
Unsucked:
Dependable laziness. Force of habit.