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synergy

Bureaucratic
/ˈsɪn.ɚ.dʒi/n. (bureaucratic)

Etym.from L. synergia, 'working together', revived in corporate English during the 2000s to supply a quantifiable-sounding cover for merger rhetoric; see E. Mallory, Journal of Corporate Rhetoric, 2011.

A deliberately vague noun deployed to claim added value from loosely related assets, thereby permitting assertions without metrics or timelines.

'We should prioritize synergy across products and partnerships' - Q3 Board Deck, slide 12

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