Everyday Office Jargon · Associate level

"Boilerplate"

"Boilerplate" refers to standard, formulaic language copied into legal documents or other formal materials with little or no modification.

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How "Boilerplate" shows up at work

Lawyers love it because it is vetted and defensible. Everyone else calls it boilerplate as a subtle complaint that no one has read it in years. It appears in contracts, terms of service, and the last three pages of any corporate email.

Buzzword

The confidentiality section is just boilerplate; we can finalize the key terms today.

Plain English

The confidentiality section is standard language; we can finalize the key terms today.

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