to cut through the managerese

8.4

Make speech or writing clearer by removing complicated management language

phrasal verb

: despejar el lenguaje de los directivos

When presenting to the team, try to cut through the managerese and use straightforward terms.

Examples

The consultant helped us cut through the managerese in the report so everyone could understand it.
We need someone who can cut through the managerese to explain what this policy actually means.
We need to cut through the managerese to understand the report.
Can you cut through the managerese in this email?
The consultant helped us cut through the managerese in the report so everyone could understand it.
We need someone who can cut through the managerese to explain what this policy actually means.
When presenting to the team, try to cut through the managerese and use straightforward terms.

Synonyms

to cut through the noise

vsto cut through the managerese

Jargon

1 5.3

To make a message clear so people notice it despite distractions

clarifies content by removing jargon and unnecessary complex language

Antonyms

to complicate

101 4.1

To make something harder to understand or do

to obfuscate

Formal

17 9.1

To make facts or information unclear on purpose

How Clear

to cut through the managerese

8.4

to explain

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cut through the managerese infinitive

cut through the managerese past

cut through the managerese past participle

cutting through the managerese present participle

cuts through the managerese third person singular

Morphology

cut + through + the + managerese

The meaning is largely inferable from the parts: 'cut through' conveys penetrating or removing obstacles and 'managerese' is a coinage from 'manager' + the '-ese' suffix meaning a style of language, so a learner who knows those pieces can work out 'make clearer by removing management jargon'. However, the expression is partly creative and relies on knowledge of the suffix '-ese' and the idiomatic sense of 'cut through', so some learners may not predict the exact nuance without prior exposure.

Etymology

The phrase cut through the managerese uses the image of cut through like a knife cutting through thick, tangled words called managerese, or 'management jargon'. So it means 'to make something clear by removing management jargon'.