Do you still have the list of terms?
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Dec 23, 2020 2:59:51 pm PST #1547 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t - Dec 23, 2020 3:22:46 pm PST #1548 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think today was supposed to be a 6 hours day for me. That's obviously happening, but only 8 hours is kind of a treat lately, so I'll take it.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2020 4:38:18 pm PST #1549 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ugh new report from my parents' place. Currently 16 staff out positive. 4 residents' tests from Monday are positive. They have cancelled housekeeping in the apartments for the time being.
-t - Dec 23, 2020 4:54:03 pm PST #1550 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh my. Continuing ~ma
Volans - Dec 23, 2020 5:16:35 pm PST #1551 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Do you still have the list of terms?
Somewhere, I will look for it. It was the usuals: leverage, synergy, center of excellence, etc. There were a few that turn out to be fairly unique to this demographic ("let's circle the wagons" misused to mean "let's get together and coordinate on that;" "the camel's nose under the tent;" "azimuth check;" and "tour d' horizon;" "close to the flagpole") but most were business drivel (KPIs, playbook, dodged a bullet).
Jesse - Dec 23, 2020 5:36:09 pm PST #1552 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My favorite jargon joke is renaming silos "cylinders of excellence."
ugh new report from my parents' place. Currently 16 staff out positive. 4 residents' tests from Monday are positive. They have cancelled housekeeping in the apartments for the time being.
Ooof. Continued good thoughts.
meara - Dec 23, 2020 5:46:43 pm PST #1553 of 30000
I’ve never heard those last few starting with the camels nose. What do those even mean?
dcp - Dec 23, 2020 6:02:05 pm PST #1554 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Camel's nose is a variation on "thin end of the wedge."
I can't remember the source, but I seem to recall hearing about this phrase used in all earnestness: "We must strategize our conformity."
-t - Dec 23, 2020 6:18:49 pm PST #1555 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The jargon convo reminds me that Google recently notified me they were making some change to something (Drive, maybe, one of those cloud things I use all the time and don’t think about a lot) to better align with industry standards and I was just so affronted. You used to be cool, Google. You didn’t let anyone else set standards, you made up your own. What happened to you, man?
hippocampus - Dec 24, 2020 4:20:57 am PST #1556 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Sending continuing good wishes, msbelle