| 100% | WFH | 3 | Abbreviation popularized by employees working remotely |
| 36% | TIME | 4 | ___-off, work-free "break" taken by a corporate employee |
| 31% | AOK | 3 | Phrase popularized by Lt. Col. Shorty Powers when he worked for NASA in the sixties as the "voice of Mercury Control" |
| 30% | LOGSON | 6 | Starts working remotely, say |
| 30% | LARA | 4 | Name popularized by Pasternak |
| 30% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Term popularized by BP |
| 30% | TGIF | 4 | Letters exchanged by employees? |
| 30% | WILDCATSTRIKE | 13 | Unofficial employee work stoppage |
| 29% | BOZO | 4 | Clown popularized by Capitol Records |
| 29% | FAUXHAWK | 8 | Hairstyle popularized by David Beckham |
| 29% | THEROBOT | 8 | Dance popularized by Michael Jackson |
| 29% | ANTINOVEL | 9 | Literary term popularized by Sartre |
| 29% | TOREADOR | 8 | Occupational term popularized by ''Carmen'' |
| 29% | AFRICANAMERICAN | 15 | Term popularized by Jesse Jackson |
| 29% | CRAVAT | 6 | Accessory popularized by Louis XIV |
| 29% | GUYLINER | 8 | Application popularized by emo music |
| 29% | MOMAGER | 7 | Neologism popularized by Kris Jenner |
| 29% | MOLE | 4 | Term popularized by le Carré |
| 29% | ESCHER | 6 | Artist popularized by ''Scientific American'' |
| 29% | MOPTOP | 6 | Style popularized by the Beatles |
| 29% | JOGGING | 7 | Exercise popularized by Jim Fixx |
| 29% | BALLETFLAT | 10 | Shoe popularized by Audrey Hepburn |
| 29% | YIPPEEKIYAY | 11 | Exclamation popularized by "Die Hard" |
| 29% | MOPTOP | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by the Beatles |
| 29% | POODLECUT | 9 | *Hairstyle popularized by Lucille Ball |
| 29% | TWIST | 5 | Dance popularized by Chubby Checker |
| 29% | BRAIDS | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by Janet Jackson |
| 29% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle popularized by Maki Kaji |
| 29% | DREADS | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by Bob Marley |
| 29% | SWANEE | 6 | Song popularized by Al Jolson |