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Corporate jargon, translated into plain English

What familiar workplace phrases usually signal, when they are useful, and the questions that turn vague language into an actual decision.

What they said
What they meant
We’re being thoughtful about AI.
We bought the licenses and made no other decisions.
Let’s pilot it.
Let’s do this for eight months and never conclude anything.
This is about enablement.
We sent an email.
We’re an AI-first company now.
We are not backfilling that role.