'We've baked it in different flavours and still come to similar conclusions'

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  1. Dys

    Dyson Well-Known Member

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    My new favourite business ******** term.
     
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    I bet they pushed the ****ing envelope on that one, some real blue sky thinking there.

    People who use these terms shoudl have a small electric shock every time they do so.
     
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    Dyson Well-Known Member

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    Slice and dice the data
    Touch base

    Two phrases I hear at least 2 dozen times a day.
     
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    Bossman Well-Known Member

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    A term I absolutely detest is "we must touch base"
     
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  5. Bossman

    Bossman Well-Known Member

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    Great minds lol!
     
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    Dyson Well-Known Member

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    Just heard another:

    're-energise the customer base'
     
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    Redstar Well-Known Member

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    Just ask them what the **** it means.
     
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    Dyson Well-Known Member

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    They don't know.
     
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    You should make some up of your own.

    Summat like, "we've flown the flag to test the wind and now we've taken it down" "We've done a hard reset and still got the black screen".
     
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    My favourite at the moment - "We are fully commited to providing a world class service", whilst shipping loads of jobs offshore!
     
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    The latest one doing the rounds at my place is that 'this must wash its own face.' Horrible.
     
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    or "we have added it to the microwave of ideas and are just waiting for the ping" not forgetting "let's just throw that into the thought wok and stir it around for a while"
     
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    ark104 (v2) Well-Known Member

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    Oh dear. I thought mine was bad. Your work place makes me sad
     
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    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    "We've got the figures - we need to do the drill down" Meaningless.
     
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    Oo I'm liking the idea of making some up..what about "we need to stand together in the financial think tank then we can reboot our ideas so that targets can be met"?
     
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    I always hated 'fluid' and 'cascade the information'.

    Luckily museums have their own lingo and would choke on such banality.

    Though you do get some right tossers in Visitor serices and such departments.
     
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    Oh I love it in meetings when some tw@t starts talking ******** and slipping in these mind-numbingly stupid sayings. Some of the crap I've had to endure recently...

    Blue sky thinking
    Park the idea
    Out of the loop
    Touch base

    And a brand new entry, one I heard for the first time in a meeting I was in earlier this week...

    Stretch the envelope!!! WTF.
     
    MarioKempes, Mar 14, 2012
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    To be honest you could 6 of these terms together and It would almost sound like Keith Hill giving an interview ;)
     
    Menai Tyke, Mar 14, 2012
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    We need to 'fill the delta'
     
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    "Work in Progress" and "Having the right DNA" two more.
     
    MrsHallsToffeerolls, Mar 14, 2012
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