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Corpspeak 

Words or phrases used by management or other dick-sucking bureaucrats at a business that have no innate meaning and will leave you confused as to what the hell they're trying to say.

Examples include: synergy, intelligence, integrated, streamlined, core competencies, skin in the game, etc.

Businesses with shitty or unimaginative names usually have some sort of combination of these terms like "Syntelligence" or "Tech-Synergy"
Manager: "It seems to me that by breaking down the silos, we can better leverage our respective core competencies and ensure that we win in this space. Without cross-channel implementation of new paradigms, we won't have a chair at the adults' table."

Quinton: "fuck you and your corpspeak"
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Cop-speak 

The official unofficial language of the police when speaking to the public. Including: the press, in the courts, to witnesses or the general population.
Then the officer went right into Cop-speak."The subject was observed entering the a fore mentioned entry way. Documented to be breached around 1300 hours, the door was found to be, uh, dislodged with an unidentified object. The perp. was reportedly seen grasping that device by a reliable witness blah, blah, blah......"
Cop-speak by glamrocker October 6, 2009
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Cop-speak 

An exaggeratedly wordy jargon, frequently spoken in a mono-tone passive voice. Descriptive yet extremely vague, this is used when describing a situation in order to increase the appearance of intelligence or credibility, while cloaking truth in a mountain of syllables.
The police officer used cop-speak to convince the jury that the use of force was justified.
Cop-speak by Kirkury December 14, 2015

copyspeak 

it's like copywrite but instead it's what someone says.
Hanna: do you wanna go to the movies tonight?

Jenna: HAIIIILLLL yeahhh beetch!!!!

Hanna: that is so copyspeak of Hailey.
copyspeak by multibri13 October 9, 2011

Cop speak 

A subset of bafflegab intended both to lend glory to mundane events and to obfuscate unethical or violent actions. Examples might include “the alleged perpetrator proceeded in a northerly direction via vehicle” for “he drove north”, “sworn members” for “cops”, and “arrested after a brief use-of-force encounter” for “we beat him up”.
The press conference after the shooting was full of the kind of cop speak you’d expect from Public Affairs.
Cop speak by CharleneV May 5, 2023

Conspeaker

A person who conspeaks, does conspeaking; in the conlanging community, a person who volunteers to pronounce sentences in constructed languages, having given a phonetic transcription, and record it into an audio message.
Person A: hey @Conspeaker can someone pronounce this for me? sa.ˈhy.i.ʔo ko‿ˈfʉ.fʉ.o ˈmʉ.wa "check out this moss here!"
Person B: audio message
Person C: a way worse audio message
Person A: thanks guys!
Conspeaker by floot2sussy November 18, 2023

How bout dem knicks? 

A phrase referring twoard the New York Knicks.
Its usually said to break an unplesent moment of silence.
Guy 1: I think I may be gay.
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: How bout dem knicks?
How bout dem knicks? by Flame060 March 28, 2005
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