Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
integrated 0. management 0. options
total 1. organizational 1. flexibility
systematized 2. monitored 2. capability
parallel 3. reciprocal 3. mobility
functional 4. digital 4. programming
responsive 5. logistical 5. concept
optional 6. transitional 6. time-phase
synchronized 7. incremental 7. projection
compatible 8. third-generation 8. hardware
balanced 9. policy 9. contingency
The procedure is simple. Think of any three-digit number, then select
the corresponding buzzword from each column. For instance, number 257 produces
"systematized logistical projection," a phrase that can be dropped into
virtually any report with that ring of decisive, knowledgeable authority. "No
one will have the remotest idea of what you're talking about," says Broughton,
"but the important thing is that they're not about to admit it."
-- Philip Broughton, "How to Win at Wordsmanship"
Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads.
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
-- Thomas Jefferson