Corporate America's $47 Million Jargon Problem https://bohiney.com/literal-business-terms/
NEW YORK - PRESS RELEASE A Bohiney.com investigation reveals U.S. corporations lose an estimated $47 million annually due to employees interpreting business terms literally. Documented cases include:
• Marketing teams building physical boxes for "outside the box" campaigns • IT departments searching for actual cloud formations • Finance professionals calculating literal "bottom lines"
Industry Response:
58% of Fortune 500 companies now offer jargon training
42% have created internal terminology guides
25% are implementing plain language initiatives
Linguistics experts attribute this to generational communication differences, with digital natives processing language more literally than previous generations. The issue has become particularly problematic in cross-generational workplaces.
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