Recently, CEO Marissa Mayer engaged in a discussion with reporters and analysts about Yahoo’s last business quarter, and when asked about the company’s layoffs, she referred to management’s choices as a “remix” of her company. Obviously, some marketing guru/moron probably encouraged her to use terminology that actually did more damage than good. Here are a few other potential mistakes that she and her peers might want to avoid in the near future:

1. Construct a valid argument about the chosen technical direction for the company, rather than simply stating “YOLO”.
2. Avoid referring to anyone who doubts your company’s potential competitiveness as simply “wacked out on flakka”.
3. Do not announce that you’re about “to drop” your next earnings report within the next week.
4. Refrain from announcing your CFO on conference calls as “your bottom bitch”.
5. If you sell or purge a division within the company, “cause they didn’t have mad swag” will not be a sufficient explanation for your actions.

Peter Bolton is the author of Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story and has also been known to be a grumpy bastard on occasion.