Fight the Bull

Yes, I am a corporate drone, and like most corporate drones, I've fallen prey to the disease known as "jargon-speak". I casually use terms like "resources" to mean people, and "opportunities" as a euphemism for problems. I regularly "think outside the box" worrying about the day we'll have "the smoking hole scenario" (I deal in business continuity planning...er...I make sure our crap can keep running if there's a disaster - see how hard it is for me?).

That's why I was excited to find Bullfighter. A free add-in to Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint, etc.), Bullfighter works like the real-time spell check features built into Office with one important difference: It checks for bullshit. From their site:

"Bullfighter is the epoch-defining software that works with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to help you find and eliminate jargon in your documents. It may look like a little toolbar with three buttons, but it's actually much more. Bullfighter includes a jargon database and an exclusive Bull Composite Index calculator that will allow you to see -- in an actual window, on your PC display, live -- just how bad a document can be.

The rumors were true. Bullshit now has a number. And you now have the power to calculate it, using the freeware originally produced by Deloitte Consulting but now distributed as a standalone product."

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