Content-free phrases
Here are some words that don't mean anything. They are compiled from real documents that I have encountered. You may find them useful if you are composing content-free text, eg, for a grant application or a national strategy. You can also use them as warning signs of nonsense in something you are reading, or entertain yourself by playing bingo with this list during pointless presentations. For extra fun, you could combine items from this list into even more meaningless sentences, or turn them into a play.1
- advancement
- excellence
- thought leader
- opinion leader
- strategic
- world-class
- leadership
- stakeholder
- engagement
- transformational, transformative
- groundbreaking
- cutting-edge
- multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary
- partnership
- collateral
- initiative
- innovation
- ecosystem
- disruption
- knowledge building
- research-informed
- institutional
- emerging
- knowledge economy
- centre of excellence
- synergy, synergies, synergistic, synergize
- collaboration, collaborative, collaboratory
- entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship
- engagement
- fostering
- leverage
- impact, impactful
- marginalized
- planning horizon
- incubation
- high-risk, high-reward
- pathbreaking
- fast-breaking
- game-changing
- discovery potential
- global competitiveness
- organizationalize
- ideate
- facilitate
- brainstorm
- operationalize
- future-facing
- partnership paradigm
- rehumanizing
- solutioning
- first-mover advantage
- quantum ready
- quantum space
- People Strategy
- use-inspired research
1 See also the BS generator if you are a power-user of such words.