The Buzzword Graveyard
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The Buzzword Graveyard

nine headstones for the words people say in meetings to sound like they know something — finally laid to rest with the dates and causes of death they earned.

take it — it's free walk the grounds ↓

$0+ · pay what you want. zero is a perfectly respectable amount to grieve.

the plot

a one-pager. nine graves. that's the whole product.

you screenshot it. you send it to the person who keeps saying synergy. you become slightly famous in your group chat. there is nothing to install, nothing to learn, and nothing to leverage.

the grounds

the dearly departed

each one earned its plot. tap a stone, read the epitaph, pour one out.

here lies
synergy
1994 – the third reorg
cause of death: a working group

“promised 2+2=5. delivered a recurring 30-minute sync.”

here lies
leverage (v.)
∞ – the day someone checked
cause of death: a working thesaurus

“it meant use. it always meant use.”

here lies
AI-powered
2023 – 2025
cause of death: someone opened the box

“the AI was a button. the power was the marketing budget.”

here lies
best practices
born billable
cause of death: a junior who asked “whose?”

“sometimes earned the name. sometimes just the advice of the people billing by the day.”

here lies
digital transformation
2016 – 2024
cause of death: one SharePoint migration

“five years. a flatter logo. the org chart, unmoved.”

here lies
hyperautomation
2019 – 2022
cause of death: a budget meeting

“automation. now with a prefix and a line item.”

here lies
“bundle”
priced – regretted
cause of death: the unit-economics team

“three things you didn't want, one price you couldn't escape.”

here lies
web3 / blockchain
2017 – 2023
cause of death: gravity

“a slow database that hated you back. survived by a Discord.”

here lies
the rebrand
quarterly – quarterly
cause of death: a new CMO

“same company. new font. the font cost $400k.”

last rites

how to bury a buzzword in three steps

get the one-pager

free. one tap. no funnel, no “quick call,” no nurture sequence. a PDF and your dignity.

screenshot a grave

pick the headstone that matches your last meeting. you'll know the one. it's already on the tip of your eye-roll.

send it to the synergy person

drop it in the group chat. say nothing. become quietly, permanently famous among people who hate the word too.

dig a fresh plot

bury your own buzzword

got one we missed? type it in. we'll carve the stone. screenshot it — that part's on you.

here lies

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pay your respects

name your price. zero is fine.

the graveyard is free and always will be. but if a headstone made you laugh in a meeting you couldn't laugh in — you can leave flowers.

leave it at $0 and it's an instant, free download. set any amount to chip in. either way, you get the same nine graves.

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