Some corporate clichés just make one scream.

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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.

Words are currently under strain.

With the web making it easier to write and send — and even spell — the ways in which you can put words together seem suddenly finite.

In business, of course, imaginative minds still come up with phrases that enter the corporate vernacular like tapeworms.

I am very grateful, therefore, for the nerds at Textio who focused on America’s job postings, plowed them through its systems and calculated which was the favorite corporate cliché for each state.

The results were, naturally, illuminating.

California, for example, favors the phrase Tee Up. Some might find it odd that the state claiming to be making the world a better place chooses a phrase from a dying sport.

And what of Illinois? The place where everyone is so very nice to each other — before, apparently doing a lot of unpleasant things to each other — favors Be Action-Oriented.

Because presumably too many job candidates claim to be Sloth-Oriented on their resumes.

It stuns me a little that the home of jazz, Louisiana, likes most of all to include the word Synergize. I’d rather hoped that word had run of of energy some time at the turn of the century.

And what should we make of Minnesota selecting Face Time? Is this a desperate last-ditch stand against technology or a plea to be familiar with one of the iPhone’s more pleasing features?

You have to love Texas, however. You have to, or they get very cross. There, the top corporate cliché is Statement of Duties. Almost military, isn’t it?

Meanwhile in Oregon, they’re ready to rebel against those strict Texan ways. Their favorite buzzword is Revolutioneering. Gosh, yes. Changemaking is so 2004.

In North Dakota, they’re most keen on Drives Change. Odd for a state that some would say is prone to resisting change with all its might.

Let’s pause to pay homage to New York. It appears to adore the phrase Herd Cats. Is this really a commentary on managing on Wall Street? Or is this a desperate acknowledgement that all New Yorkers are out for themselves?

Hawaii seems to be the place to which we should all flee. Its key phrase is Magic Happens. I’ve been there. It does.

And what of New Jersey, a state whose public image seems all too often riven with corruptive tendencies. Its favored corporate cliché is In Our DNA. Of course it is.

I leave you, though, with the choice of Iowa. I’ve often worried about this state. It’s where presidential campaigns begin and odd choices are made.

Its chosen corporate buzzphrase? Exit Strategy.

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