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Buzzword bingo

Buzzword bingo is a fun game that people play when they have to sit through long meetings or presentations that use a lot of jargon or fancy words. It's like playing bingo with words instead of numbers!

Here's how it works: before the meeting starts, you create a bingo card with different buzzwords or business phrases that you think might come up during the presentation. Some examples might include "synergy," "leverage," "paradigm shift," or "streamline."

As the meeting goes on, you listen for these buzzwords to be used by the speaker. When you hear a buzzword that's on your bingo card, you get to mark it off. The goal is to try and get a straight line of marked-off squares (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) on your bingo card.

Buzzword bingo is a fun way to stay engaged during long meetings, and it can even help you pay more attention to the content of the presentation. Just remember to keep it to yourself – you don't want to distract others or seem like you're not taking the meeting seriously!
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