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realm

Bureaucratic
/ˈrɛlm/n. (bureaucratic)

Etym.from Old French reialme and Latin regalis, secularized by 17th century cartographers, reintroduced to boardroom usage circa 2013 by a boutique consultancy; see J. L. Marlow, Lexical Inflation in Startups, 2019.

A deliberately vague label applied to an initiative to suggest scale and novelty while postponing deliverables and measurable scope.

'We will expand into the AI realm in Q4 to capture adjacent market opportunities' - Q3 Strategy Memo

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