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Thread #159663   Message #3783851
Posted By: Little Hawk
06-Apr-16 - 06:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Office jargon
Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon
Ha! Ha! Ha! Wonderful stuff here! I recognize a number of my father's favorite Biz-speak expressions on this thread, but they're probably way out of date by now. Here's a quote from that marvelous link offered above by Sandra in Sydney:

"At the end of the day, most jargon deserves junking. Even George Orwell ignored the evil of deliverable coopertition for his newspeak glossary. As for blue-sky futureproofing, you can stick that where the sun doesn't shine. Yet don't dismiss the darlings. For every strategic window there's a frog-boiling puppy-shooter trying to get in. Moving forward, when push comes to shove, that has to be the takeaway."

Chongo counters this detestable modern business bafflegab with his own aggressive brand of jargon which is firmly rooted in the tough guy talk of cops and robbers in the 1940's. "Don't flap yer lips at me, ya dumb mug, just hand over the mazuma and dust before I pump lead and fill yer alderman fulla holes like a Swiss cheese!"