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OK, society, there's something that has been on my radar for some time, and I'm finally going to bite the bullet and address the elephant in the room. With all due respect, and without trying to throw anyone under the bus, I want to acknowledge that we all drank too much of the corporate jargon Kool-Aid.

Usually I'd take these kind of serious conversations offline, but with everything I have on my plate, I just don't have the bandwidth. It is what it is.

What it comes down to — and pardon me because I'm just a total numbers guy — is that we need to significantly move the needle in terms of how many times we're using these obnoxious expressions.

Some of us use them more than others, but we're all in this together. I want to break down any silos and create some syntactical synergy. Because, at the end of the day, if we can think outside the box and empower one another, it's going to be a win-win for all of us.

Listen, I'm not saying I'm a thought leader in this sphere; I just want to build some consensus around this critical paradigm shift. Everyone knows best practice shows that content is king, but I'm afraid we're just scratching the surface. It's high time we drill down and really find that sweet spot.

Friends, our vocabularic ecosystem is thriving with low hanging fruit, so let's figure out how to get the most bang for our verbal buck. I know we all want to sound like we know what we're doing, so I don't mean to move the goalpost, but this is a no-brainer. We need to get our ducks in a row (a task I realize is harder for some than others) and stop this nonsense. For all intents and purposes, we sound like a bunch of idiots. Just sayin'. Lol.

So, before you open your mouth or pound out another email, go back to the drawing board and leverage your robust lexicon. Do more with less. Make hay. No, make scalable hay. And do it on the bleeding edge of all those moving parts while you're touching various bases with the tools from your toolbox.

I'm begging you. I've gotten the ball rolling and I want you to hit the ground running. It's mission critical. Can I count on you to give me 110 percent?

Sorry for the hard stop, but I've got to hop on a call.

Don't ping me if you have any questions.

Thanks in advance.

Marina Gomberg's lifestyle columns appear on sltrib.com. She is a communications professional and lives in Salt Lake City with her wife, Elenor Gomberg, and their son, Harvey. You can reach Marina at mgomberg@sltrib.com.