# Dave Doty turns decades of meeting clichés into jargon-generating app

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/man-spends-35-years-collecting-corporate-waffle-turns-it-into-an-app/
- Published: 2026-10-28T10:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T10:23:16+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/28/man-spends-35-years-collecting-corporate-waffle-turns-it-into-an-app/5305765
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Dave Doty made an app from decades of collected corporate jargon.
- It claims to generate 270 million sentences in 15 languages.
- The full version costs $0.99.

## Summary

Dave Doty has turned 35 years of collecting corporate buzzwords into Executive Eightball, an app that generates management jargon on demand. The joke is that it helps users sound businesslike while saying little of substance, turning a long-running frustration with meetings into office humour.

Doty says he recorded clichés across more than 10,000 meetings during a 30-year career. The app is available for iPhone and Android, and claims to generate about 270 million sentences in 15 languages; a free version includes adverts and limits, while the full version costs $0.99. Suggested uses include presentation icebreakers and jokes on LinkedIn.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.