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# Corporate buzzwords beginning with O

Decode business jargon with satirical definitions and related terms. Browse 52 entries — page 2 of 2.

## [Optics check](https://learnings.org/term/optics-check-v117)

Making sure something looks good to outsiders, which usually means hiding the truth.

## [Optimize](https://learnings.org/term/optimize)

An overused term that means "improve" but sounds more technical and sophisticated, usually used when you can't actually optimize anything.

## [Optionality](https://learnings.org/term/optionality)

Having multiple choices or paths.

## [Order of magnitude](https://learnings.org/term/order-of-magnitude)

The scale or size of something.

## [Out of pocket](https://learnings.org/term/out-of-pocket)

Unavailable or unreachable; sometimes refers to paying personally.

## [Out of pocket](https://learnings.org/term/out-of-pocket-v47)

Not available, usually because you're doing something more important than attending this meeting.

## [Out of scope](https://learnings.org/term/out-of-scope-v79)

Something that's not your problem, which you'll discover after you've already started working on it.

## [Outside the box](https://learnings.org/term/outside-the-box)

A tired phrase that ironically alerts people that you have no creativity, since truly creative people don't need to announce their creativity.

## [Outside the box](https://learnings.org/term/outside-the-box-v116)

Thinking creatively, which is great until you realize the box exists for a reason.

## [Over the wall](https://learnings.org/term/over-the-wall-v135)

To hand something off to another team, which is great until you realize they don't know what to do with it.

## [Owned attention](https://learnings.org/term/owned-attention)

Customer attention that you control directly through your own channels, rather than paying for it through advertising.

## [Ownership mindset](https://learnings.org/term/ownership-mindset)

A corporate euphemism for "blame yourself" that makes taking responsibility sound like a sophisticated leadership philosophy, usually used when management wants to avoid taking responsibility for their own failures.

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