For applied linguist Peter White, corporate-speak has him reaching for the red pen.
"It's shorthand for saying something pretentious," White said.
Roly Sussex, professor of applied language studies in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland, said the use of 'absolutely' instead of 'yes' should be banned.
"It's almost as if the one-syllable 'yes' isn't as good as the four-syllable 'absolutely'," Sussex said.
"If you use 'absolutely' once every three months, it's OK. But four or five times in an afternoon, you're guilty of cliché," he added.
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