Business BafflegabBafflegab
Value-Add
VAL-yoo adnoun
What it means
A contribution described in terms abstract enough that it can never be measured, attributed, or questioned without the questioner looking difficult.
What it actually means
Nobody has asked what I actually do, and I intend to keep it that way.
How it is used in a sentence
"I think there's a real value-add in having me on the call."
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Business Bafflegab — Language engineered so that nothing is ever anyone’s fault and no decision is ever final.
Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.
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Business Bafflegabmoov thuh NEE-dulverbBafflegab
To produce a measurable result, a phrase used almost exclusively by people who have not produced one and are now asking you to.
Real meaningI need a number with my name on it by Friday.