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09-11-2012, 12:00 PM #51Funky But Chic
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09-11-2012, 12:09 PM #52
^^^whoops my bad, guess I don't know how to play ball, bring it home or follow though.
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09-11-2012, 12:18 PM #53
This thread needs to dig vertically on this issue and backfill with a fresh look at things
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09-11-2012, 12:27 PM #54yelgatgab
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09-11-2012, 02:28 PM #55
Maybe not biznass speak, but my boss (the plus size lady whom I'm not fucking, or is it who?) is in the habit of starting a lot her shit by asking "how can I explain this so you'll understand?"
This morning I replied "by finishing that cake in your piehole and not speaking with your mouth full". We're very close... but again, not fucking.
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09-11-2012, 02:28 PM #56
Cascade.
I will not cascade your email to my direct reports, but I would be happy to forward it to them.
I was just asked to cascade some good news to my group, but I only forwarded it hopefully they still get it.
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09-11-2012, 02:41 PM #57
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09-11-2012, 02:44 PM #58
Why don't you guys quit your shitty ass jobs? Life is too short.
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09-11-2012, 02:46 PM #59
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09-11-2012, 03:31 PM #60It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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09-11-2012, 03:32 PM #61
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09-11-2012, 03:33 PM #62
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09-11-2012, 03:51 PM #63
This thread delivers. Every term I hear a vision of a toolbag I have met over the years pops into my head. This thread is right in my Wheelhouse and I should be able to laverage this into a benefit to our bottom line.
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09-11-2012, 03:57 PM #64
Fucking hell ... buzzwords.
The one the gets me the most is "resources." They aren't fucking resources. They are people. Don't someone else that you need to check your resources. Tell them that you need to check with someone. Fuck...
It got so bad at my last job in software that we had a buzzword list. If were caught saying any of those words; a dollar went into the beer fund. It made for a nice Friday afternoon club until people got wise and stopped speaking like dipshits.
As my former director wisely told me, "Just say it." Amen.
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09-11-2012, 04:01 PM #65Funky But Chic
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09-11-2012, 04:22 PM #66Registered User
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I despise when nouns get turned into verbs, or other parts of speech.
Technically speaking, "impact" can be used as a verb, but not in the way it is typically used in the biz world. I hear this more in the non-profit sector but the version "impactful" makes my brain hurt.
Traqnsformation into verb usage seems to just be step 2 of any buzzword development cycle, occurring right before step 3 which is the point at which the word shows up in stand-up comic routines.
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09-11-2012, 04:31 PM #67Sav
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what it all comes down to is...
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09-11-2012, 04:35 PM #68
Impact is a good one. That one popped up in the late eighties all of a sudden. At first, I was confused. (I was an English major who had some really good teachers who taught us to cut through the bullshit) Why don't they just use the word "affect", like we've been using for a hundred years? Why make up a new word? I blame the military for this. They invented a lot of this jargon, and the swinging dicks in the business world took it on to say nothing. Thank the lord I have a job where I don't have to speak this shit or listen to it. Don't even have to do meetings.
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09-11-2012, 04:37 PM #69Funky But Chic
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Just stand in the line once a month and tell the lady where you looked for work that month, right?
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09-11-2012, 04:52 PM #70
Dude, they do that on the internet these days.
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09-11-2012, 04:56 PM #71
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09-11-2012, 05:00 PM #72Banned
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the WOW factor
brand integrity
solution
it is what it is
motivating factor
situational analysis
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09-11-2012, 05:01 PM #73
Color.
I hate the word color, as in:
Could you provide us with a bit more color around your Q3 forecasts?
FUCK YOU!Waste your time, read my crap, at:
One Gear, Two Planks
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09-11-2012, 05:36 PM #74
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09-11-2012, 05:38 PM #75glocal
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