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FUSHIGI
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May have missed it somewhere above but "kudos" ---> free kick to the plums.
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Location: salt lake city, utah
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the one that pisses me off the most, gets my BS radar on high alert, and makes me want to "reach out" and 'crush it" is: "perception is reality."
really?! so, some arsehole that couldn't parse an event or conversation has a handle on reality? there is NO objective reality, just whatever the next yahoo at work is 'perceiving'?! aaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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How about action, as in "can you action this for me?" What does that mean? Would you like me to DO this for you? DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
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08-27-2012, 04:48 PM
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Location: Kansas City
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How about this one. Has anyone noticed that the first word of just about EVERY sentence now starts with "So.....".
"Hey Bill, can you tell us how x works?" Bill: "So,...if you look at the diagram..." Drives me nuts!!! JA
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Crap. I used the "reached out to the client" response in a document just today.
Of course, if the knuckleheads that were my back up had ACTUALLY READ my out of office reply they wouldn't have let the situation sit there until I came back today. 
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08-27-2012, 04:53 PM
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Don't you get laughed at if you use "outside the box"?
That's so 90's. 
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08-27-2012, 04:56 PM
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winter-hater club member
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Location: salt lake city, utah
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you said 'box'... uh, huh, huh huh, huh huh!
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08-27-2012, 05:06 PM
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"O"man(are we in trouble)
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I always thought it was just the A$$ kissers that used that crap.
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08-27-2012, 05:34 PM
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My boss is Israeli, so English is not his first language, which has made for some pretty good [forgot the name of the expression] when he tries to be 'hip'. For example, a co-worker emailed us all that he was going to take the morning off to drive his mom to a medical appointment, and my boss replied "Good luck with that." Another team member was supposed to get me some documentation, but didn't get it done before he went traveling, and my boss said "Ok, I'll wipe his ass when he gets back."
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You guys are out to lunch.
OK, so how many versions are there of, "He's one xxxx short of a xxxx xxxx." ? I think that dates back to when Robin Williams was a young comedian. |
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08-27-2012, 06:19 PM
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I was at our Phoenix facility for 4 weeks and we came up with a new phrase after talking with a vendor about a problem he thought was real important. " That would be awesome" means F.U.
We started using it in stand up meetings and it really started to catch on. Dave |
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Turgid Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Florida
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A guy in our accounting department insists on using the phrase "stroke a check".
STROKE a check? How about write a check, or maybe even cut a check, but STROKE a check? F.U. pal!! It sounds vaguely masturbatory and it pisses me off.
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08-27-2012, 06:37 PM
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How about... 'We need to vet the process'? Hearing someone speak like that drives me crazy!!! Every time I hear BS like this I just want to tell them they need to wipe their chin.
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08-27-2012, 07:14 PM
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08-27-2012, 09:16 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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I only skimmed the big list on p. 3... didn't see this one:
"Make it happen" is concise, sure... but just more corporate buzzspeak. Ugh. Larry the Cable Guy said it better. Another one that is very annoying is "from the git go"... I have no idea who thought that one was a good idea. Inane. How 'bout a little classic Motown for some relief from all this...
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08-27-2012, 09:48 PM
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None of this really bothers me. I don't like the word "so" but other than that I don't care how someone words some ****tty email.
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08-27-2012, 10:42 PM
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" instead of skating to where the puck was in 2007" just appeared on enzo's thread link to Apple Insider.
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08-30-2012, 01:49 PM
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Not to be confused with priapism.
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08-30-2012, 02:21 PM
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winter-hater club member
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right. thanks!
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