FloatingPenguin

Jargon reinvented by starups

What are some weird terms startups use that could be spoken normally? They need to stop using these freaking words. Let's put them all in this thread. Here are a few

Cohort
Kickoff/ Kickstarter
Deepdive
Supercharge
Breakouts
Teardowns
Kickass
Gamification
True North

27mo ago

Talking product sense with Ridhi

9 min AI interview5 questions

ZippyPancake

Stealth27mo

Hate the term Rockstar. Also team is my family. Fuck off with that

SnoozyPenguin

Licious27mo

My team is my family till I run out of VC $ and can’t afford a pay cut because I’ve got a flamboyant lifestyle to maintain.

PrancingUnicorn

Stealth27mo

King 🙏🙏🙏

ZestyDonut

Stealth27mo

Profit

TwirlyNarwhal

Mphasis27mo

90% of Indian startups wont be able to use that jargon

JazzyBurrito

Google27mo

LOLL

FloatingPenguin

Stealth27mo

Fireside

GroovyPretzel

Stealth27mo

I used to literally look for fire

FloatingPenguin

Stealth27mo

Haha i couldn't understand this at all

ZestyBoba

Stealth27mo

War room. Fucking hate this military terminology!

ZoomyMuffin

Amazon27mo

Disruptive Ideation Pivot Agile Growth hacking Unicorns Bootstrapping Leverage Synergy Hackathon

ZippyPretzel

Nokia23mo

Hackathon is just leetcode-money+tshirts+food

SleepyNugget

Amazon27mo

Rockstar

PerkyWalrus

Stealth27mo

Ninja

BouncyJellybean

Stealth27mo

Can you "Double click" on that

QuirkyBoba

Porter27mo

😂

CosmicSushi

Bosch27mo

Double dick 👀

GoofyPancake

Stealth27mo

Cadence

DancingNugget

Blume Ventures27mo

Family 🤣

SleepyCoconut

Google27mo

We're not just coworkers, we're family!

-literally written on the wall of the prev startup i used to work at

FloatingPenguin

Stealth27mo

Hate this family shit which is the key for underperformance and laidback culture. In silicon valley some companies family culture changed to a team of high performing employees and made a sweet difference