"Work" buzzwords I HATE (1 Viewer)

tandl71

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #1

I just heard someone use "Lean Sigma Six", "Big Data", and "Cloud" in the same sentence, and I want to put my foot through his office window.

 

zamboni

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #2

I'll "circle back" with you.

 

joffer

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #3

lets just table this for now

 

zamboni

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #4

stop staring at my breasts

 

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Slapdash

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #5

Sharpen our pencils on this

 

Fat Nick

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #6

Let's take this discussion off-line

 

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Slapdash

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #7

End to end

Best in class

Reach out

Handshake

Grinding (insert direction here)

Work/life balance

 

jerry jones

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #8

"Laser focused", "core initiatives" and "cascade down"

 

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Slapdash

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #9

Fat Nick said:

Let's take this discussion off-line

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I get more annoyed when ####ers don't take their discussions offline. People waste so much time talking past each other.

 

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Da Guru

Fair & Balanced

• Sep 17, 2014

• #10

"dive deeper" "Win..Win"

 

Fennis

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #11

"sexual harassment" is against our policy.

 

McGarnicle

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #12

"You're clearly drunk."

"This isn't working out."

"Put the stapler down."

"Go ahead, taze him."

 

SHIZNITTTT

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #13

Out of net

Is it sexual harassment without penetration

 

Jobber

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #14

touchpoint
touch base
I'll ping you

 

TheIronSheik

SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER

• Sep 17, 2014

• #15

Low hanging fruit

 

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Plorfu

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #16

bandwith

 

ICON211

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #17

apples to apples

appetite - I don't know if marketing is going to have the appetite to take on additional expenses.

download - Did Jim give you the download on the financial planning meeting?

out of pocket

 

belljr

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #18

Cleveland steamer

 

Osaurus

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #19

End of day

 

dozer

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #20

Shared decision making with all stakeholders providing input.

 

mr roboto

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #21

Don't #### the client.

 

randall146

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #22

No one says any of these things at my work

 

ChiefD

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #23

Verticals

 

dozer

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #24

....and Ron....

Don't forget the tickle.

 

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Amused to Death

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #25

Osaurus said:

End of day

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For my office its "close of business" or worse, C.O.B. "We need this done by C.O.B."

Of course, C.O.B. really means "stay until its done". Last Thursday that was 3:00 am.

 

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eoMMan

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #26

Whatever you say, sweettits.

 

Dan Lambskin

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #27

I forget who the guy was now but we had a customer that would say he needed some "tummy comfort"

 

otello

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #28

randall146 said:

No one says any of these things at my work

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How about clean up on aisle 7?

 

Binky The Doormat

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #29

ChiefD said:

Verticals

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What is this?

 

Leroy Hoard

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #30

Clean out your desk.

 

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Ditka Butkus

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #31

What the #### are you doing?

 

fantasycurse42

Footballguy Jr.

• Sep 17, 2014

• #32

"Finish Him!!"

 

Leroy Hoard

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #33

Bathroom breaks will be limited to 5 minutes.

 

CletiusMaximus

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #34

guy 1 - "I've got a hard stop at 3."

guy 2 - "That's sub-obtimal."

 

Osaurus

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #35

Paradigm

 

NutterButter

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #36

I use most of these words and I love em

 

NutterButter

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #37

Amused to Death said:

Osaurus said:

End of day

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For my office its "close of business" or worse, C.O.B. "We need this done by C.O.B."

Of course, C.O.B. really means "stay until its done". Last Thursday that was 3:00 am.

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If that was the case, i'd just commit to EOD for the next day.

 

pats3in4

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #38

Security will walk you out.

 

Arizona Ron

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #39

"Let's discuss it offline"

 

Cjw_55106

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #40

tandl71 said:

I just heard someone use "Lean Sigma Six", "Big Data", and "Cloud" in the same sentence, and I want to put my foot through his office window.

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But isn't Lean Six Sigma and actual thing? Not sure how you can not say that if that's what you are talking about.

 

mquinnjr

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #41

CletiusMaximus said:

guy 1 - "I've got a hard stop at 3."

guy 2 - "That's sub-obtimal."

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I loathe that one. "You stop being worthy of my time, at this time."

Go take a long walk off of a short pier, guy.

 

Fat Nick

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #42

Amused to Death said:

Osaurus said:

End of day

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For my office its "close of business" or worse, C.O.B. "We need this done by C.O.B."

Of course, C.O.B. really means "stay until its done". Last Thursday that was 3:00 am.

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This. 1000x...This.

COB = We don't care if you had plans...we don't care if you're sick....we don't care if there's 3 other people who ALSO need something COB. Get this done before I log back on in the AM.

 

TheIronSheik

SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER

• Sep 17, 2014

• #43

NutterButter said:

I use most of these words and I love em

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Agreed. I hate this saying, too.

 

McGarnicle

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #44

"NEED THOSE CHEESE FRIES FOR TABLE 9, YOU ####### DIP####S!!!"

 

sublimeone

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #45

We don't use these words where I work because we aren't dooshbags... but I always get a chuckle overhearing this sort of nonsense from the shirt and tie crowd at lunch.

 

pats3in4

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #46

mquinnjr said:

CletiusMaximus said:

guy 1 - "I've got a hard stop at 3."

guy 2 - "That's sub-obtimal."

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I loathe that one. "You stop being worthy of my time, at this time."

Go take a long walk off of a short pier, guy.

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In my office, when people use "hard stop", it usually means they are obligated to be somewhere else. I don't think I've ever heard it used in the context of what you describe.

 

Officer Pete Malloy

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #47

NutterButter said:

Amused to Death said:

Osaurus said:

End of day

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For my office its "close of business" or worse, C.O.B. "We need this done by C.O.B."

Of course, C.O.B. really means "stay until its done". Last Thursday that was 3:00 am.

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If that was the case, i'd just commit to EOD for the next day.

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I'd start pronouncing things like C.O.B and E.O.D as acronyms.

"I need that by cob."

"By what?"

"Cob"

"Not sure I know what you mean."

"COB...close of business. Same as Eeodd."

 

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FlapJacks

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #48

Warm and Fuzzy

 

sdp1226

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #49

Plain Vanilla

BAU

 

Quez

Footballguy

• Sep 17, 2014

• #50

McGarnicle is 2 for 2 in this thread so far.