Microspeak: BS-speak...
new paradigm Pompous way of essentially saying "unique": "This website establishes a new paradigm on the Net." taxonomy of options A greatly murkier (and therefore infinitely preferable) way of saying "range of choices." © Ken Barnes	"Paradigm", originally a term from the field of philosophy and linguistics, has fairly recently acquired a all-purpose meaning somewhere between 'context' and 'landscape' and is in frequent use in American bizspeak. With this week's other item, it would fit nicely in a hit-parade of executive BS-speak formulas...

Microspeak: BS-speak...

new paradigm: Pompous way of essentially saying "unique": "This website establishes a new paradigm on the Net."
taxonomy of options: A greatly murkier (and therefore infinitely preferable) way of saying "range of choices."

"Paradigm", originally a term from the field of philosophy and linguistics, has fairly recently acquired a all-purpose meaning somewhere between 'context' and 'landscape' and is in frequent use in American bizspeak. With this week's other item, it would fit nicely in a hit-parade of executive BS-speak formulas...

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