Jargon Busters 2011
The UK's Local Government Association has produced a list of words it believes the public sector should not use in communicating with the general public.
Here's our selection of what we think are some of the worst offenders, as seen from an Australian perspective. Some of them are taken from the UK LGA's 2010 list; some we've added ourselves.
What do you think? What's missing? Which ones do you hate most?
Please pick your top three hated words from our list (use the scrollbar on the right to reveal the full list); and add some suggestions of your own if you think of something we've missed.
(Note that inclusion on this list does not necessarily mean we think a word is "bad"; just that it has been overused or had its meaning obscured or bastardised.)