Thought grenades explode blue sky thinking in office jargon stakes

WORKERS and managers who use office jargon such as “blue sky thinking” and “singing from the same hymn sheet” have been warned the phrases are out of date and that they should be replaced with new buzzwords.

A survey of 1,600 office staff revealed the best and worst workplace cliches — as well as the “downright ugly”, which are guaranteed to be a huge turn-off for colleagues.

Recruitment firm Office Angels said the essential buzzwords for this year include “thought grenade”, meaning an explosively good idea, and “let’s sunset that”, meaning a bad idea will never see the light of day.