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Buzzwords, corporatespeak, operatorspeak, what have ya
August 30, 2021, 10:17 AM
SIG228Buzzwords, corporatespeak, operatorspeak, what have ya
Shotty
Booger hook off the bang switch
Gat
August 30, 2021, 10:18 AM
SIGnifiedAlways disliked “Contingency operations”.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein August 30, 2021, 10:30 AM
AglifterOK, some of these really have me confused…. Outside of physics, finance and negotiations, how is leverage used?
Likewise, other than well…. Debunking…. How are they using the word?
August 30, 2021, 10:32 AM
AglifterAnd, I’m usually them in there trying to sell to. I nowjust say “I do not understand what you’re saying” when the slanbecomes too dense or ubiquitous
August 30, 2021, 10:37 AM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
American Citizens.
.
WTF is right. AmcCit???
I'm used to military command names "ComCincNavPacTuPacNWO," "SITREPS," "VertReps," "UnReps," etc. I can't imagine an environment where AmCit is said instead of Americans.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
August 30, 2021, 10:44 AM
archermanEveryday I hear:
What are the next steps
What's next
Archerman
August 30, 2021, 10:46 AM
SIG228"My pronouns"
August 30, 2021, 10:59 AM
xantomI thought BamaJeepsters comic sums up these chair fillers pretty well
"We've done four already, but now we're steady..." August 30, 2021, 11:40 AM
egregoreDoes this count? Conversation or chat as a euphemism for an ass chewing?
August 30, 2021, 11:42 AM
konata88Not sure if this is in the spirit of the thread. But one that that really gets me is the acronyms typical of text messaging and such. But not just that, but when you're there in person and they say it out loud.
Example, you're physically with a person and something happens and they say "lol" either while laughing or instead of laughing. Or they'll stand up from sitting and say "brb" or whatever is the appropriate abbreviation. "omg" is another common one.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book August 30, 2021, 12:08 PM
HRKusing Meh in a post/conversation/reply, it means you don't really care about the topic, have zero interest, however, drop a Meh and then proceed to tell us all why what we are talking about isn't important to begin with...
Then again, Meh, Seems pretty much self aggrandizement....
August 30, 2021, 12:13 PM
nhtagmemberHuman Resources
August 30, 2021, 12:18 PM
GWbikerAny Radio/TV commercial with: "Now, more than ever".
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"Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them".
August 30, 2021, 12:23 PM
BurtonRWCan anyone tell me when a request became an "ask"?
As in, "That's not a big ask."
And is there a corporate-speak corollary for abuse of the word "bid"?
-Rob
I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888
A=A August 30, 2021, 12:31 PM
Angus the KidI particularly hate the word "space"
As in - "I work in the water resources space".
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" August 30, 2021, 12:35 PM
BennerP220"A solution in search of a problem."
When I hear this it either just burns my ass or I just stop listening altogether.
August 30, 2021, 12:48 PM
feersum dreadnaughtmy response to all your buzzwords and corpoperatorspeak is simply "no worries" - the all purpose response that has take the place of "you are welcome"
I wasn't worried, I asked you for a clean fork in your restaurant, and politely thanked you for doing your job...
NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught"
August 30, 2021, 12:48 PM
sigcrazy7quote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
quote:
Originally posted by TheFrontRange:
I’ve gotten a chuckle out of being on a long-running conference call when the host or moderator indicates a pause for a “biological break.” I suppose this is somehow more sensitive than just saying “break” or certainly “bathroom break.” LOL
I don’t know if it came from there, but “bio break” is heavily used in online gaming communities for games that requires the player to sit in long sessions where getting up and leaving for a few minutes could possibly ruin the run and the time invested by multiple players. Particularly MMORPG’s (massively multiplayer online role playing games). For example, you may be in a particular run where you have to sit for a half hour or more specifically to gather the amount and type of resources you need to build whatever item - you’re “farming” resources. “Bio breaks” are used to prevent “shit-socking,” a phenomenon that developed, as I understand it, in the Korean MMO community, and it’s exactly what you think it is.
I thought you just yelled "Mom!" and she ran down to the basement with a large mixing bowl.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus August 30, 2021, 12:50 PM
snorisIn the five minutes it took me to read this thread in the Chick-fil-A drive through, I felt like I’d spent six months in Washington.
August 30, 2021, 01:18 PM
arfmelI know where you guys are coming from and I share that space. And I celebrate that.