Xander ,'Empty Places'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
It kinda was. When I went through the new hire orientation (which yes, they call NEO here), every time one of the HR munchkins chirpily said "onboarding", I would make a quiet growling noise. At the first break, the person sitting next to me asked "So, writer or editor? You've got to be one or the other, with that reaction to "onboarding"".
I was thinking that onboarding sounded like pirates. Which I guess could be welcoming, if you squint hard and tilt your head just right.
I actually got stuck in a meeting today because my brain was refusing to let me say "leverage", but also refusing to come up with another word. Luckily, the other people in the conversation were linguistically Like Us.
So walking the plank is offboarding?
So walking the plank is offboarding?
Works for me.
So walking the plank is offboarding?
AND waterboarding, in a sense.
sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?
She's almost 12 and he's almost 16. (Note to self: buy birthday presents) All their musical talent comes to them from their father, while their mother seems to have contributed a love of roller coasters.
Another one that I could happily never hear again? "Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
Nora - TWOP forums appear to be working - although I'm still not getting notifications.
"Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
It isn't one I use, but I'm old-fashioned enough to hestitate before using "in the loop."
If I were to use "perfect storm," it would mean that several things, each unpleasant in itself but not inordinately so, combine to create an epic mess. Yes/no/maybe?