“Boardroom blather” hit close to home. As a regular conference call attendee, I fight an inadverdent eye roll every time I hear a nonsensical bit of business speak. I'm clearly not the only one. When Forbes ran a piece on the most annoying business jargon, least favorites included “buy-in,” “move the needle,” “leverage,” and (shudder) “scalable.” I'll drink to that! Although if anyone utters the words “dilly dilly” when I do, I'll immediately leave the room.

Anyway, we thought it would be fun to ask benefits professionals what word or phrase they'd like to see eliminated from the industry. Nominations poured in. Click here see the results (spoiler alert: “voluntary benefits” and “high-deductible health plans” may want to start clearing their desks.)

What word or phrase makes your skin crawl? I really need you to “drill down” on this. So “take it offline” and then “circle back” with your nominations. Send them to [email protected] and we'll include them online—but hurry, we have a hard stop at the top of the hour.