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Avoid These Office Buzzwords
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| October 4, 2010
| Marlys Harris
Posted on 10/04/2010 7:34:07 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Last year about this time, I posted a list (plus definitions and correct usage) of the office cliches least loved by a random sampling of executives polled by Accountemps. You may like me be too snobby and old-fashioned to want to sling the lingo, but you've got to know it or run the risk that your peers and superiors deem you hopelessly out of the loop. (Oops, there's a tired office phrase if there ever was one!) That's why I have made it my personal mission to keep you up to date.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
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To: Tax-chick
Every time I hear "Proactive in that/this area" I think of this stuff. And they probably need it...........
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posted on
10/04/2010 7:56:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: ConservativeStatement
A revolting phrase making the rounds in political circles is “speaking truth to power”. Hannity, Cunningham, and Levin seem to just love it.
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posted on
10/04/2010 7:57:42 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:00:19 AM PDT
by
lysie
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left- Ecclesiastes10:2)
To: ConservativeStatement
My pet peave is “leaning forward” on an issue. Throw a few management buzz words in, and everyone’s okay so long as you have a “get well plan”.
To: ConservativeStatement
"Does that make sense?"
The next time someone says that to me, so help me....
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:01:44 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:01:49 AM PDT
by
Emile
(Leftists are so 'open-minded', their brains have fallen out. -- (HT to GOPJ))
To: Owl_Eagle
My personal favorit is “That’s what she said!”
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:01:56 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: Owl_Eagle
I spent 2 years in an office where they weren’t frowned upon and had a blast but you needed a thick skin. I’ve been trying to clean up my mouth ever since.
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:02:10 AM PDT
by
perez24
(Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:02:10 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
To: dfwgator
Paragigm is twenty cents.
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:04:59 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(King: "I have a dream"...Sharpton: "I want a check")
To: Lazamataz
Oh, jeez, if our VP gets hold of that we won’t be hearing anything else...
To: lysie
” multi-tasking “ drove me nuts for years.
The use of the word “ power “ in front of any other word would drive me to the verge of insanity:
power nap
power walk
power tie
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:05:08 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: Fresh Wind
Sorry, bad pun.
Paradigm is twenty cents.
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:05:41 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(King: "I have a dream"...Sharpton: "I want a check")
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:07:00 AM PDT
by
lysie
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left- Ecclesiastes10:2)
To: warsaw44
I’d rather hear fingernails on a chalkboard. ;-)
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:08:07 AM PDT
by
lysie
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left- Ecclesiastes10:2)
To: Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
I’d love to hear the mayor of Boston or Jesse Jackson say that.
To: knittnmom
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:09:35 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.)
To: Huck
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:11:05 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(Just cause Dr. Oz said it, doesn't make it true.)
To: ConservativeStatement
My favorites are Caveat and Selective Ignorance.
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posted on
10/04/2010 8:12:52 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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