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05 Apr 16 - 07:58 PM (#3783590) Subject: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw In view of the relative success of the American slang thread (Enough already), thought I'd run this one up the flagpole and see if it flies. Ya know, put a record on and see who dances. And let's all come into this with open kimonos, yeah? |
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05 Apr 16 - 08:38 PM (#3783597) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: gnu RFN? Screw that. I got lots to do and I'll get to it in the order I receive it. Take your little red tag and get it approved by the boss or shove it. |
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05 Apr 16 - 08:49 PM (#3783601) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw You're out of order, dude. The whole project from soup to nuts is already nodded through and flying, one damn good idea shower later. You didn't think I'd swim with this without getting my ducks in a row, surely? And yeah, I'll call you Shirley... |
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05 Apr 16 - 11:11 PM (#3783607) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Rapparee We have zero tolerance at the granular level for this, as due diligence hasn't been shown. You haven't drilled down and are attempting to micromanage best practices by avoidance of attention to detail. You've no entitlement to an end run even by pitching it as a growth opportunity. You might consider interfacing verbally about this rather than sending nastygrams; it would be more customer-centric. If you've outgrown your position we can always redo the org chart. Contact my people for a premeet. |
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06 Apr 16 - 02:59 AM (#3783623) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman 'Nastygrams', Rap? We used to call them 'Shit-o-grams' when I had the misfortune to be in work, prior to retirement. I used to be especially pissed off when I was asked to 'reach out' to someone - what's wrong with 'phoning them? |
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06 Apr 16 - 04:38 AM (#3783645) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Kampervan I don't understand - why label this thread 'jargon'? This is just the way that everyone speaks all the time - Shirley? |
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06 Apr 16 - 04:45 AM (#3783648) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Hey Kampervan, I see you as a major player across the piece. We need another silver bullet from you, going forward... But don't call me Shirley. |
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06 Apr 16 - 04:49 AM (#3783652) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Hey, come on, Backwoodsman. Don't come the acluistic with me. I want you walk-trot-run by month's end, OK? |
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06 Apr 16 - 05:01 AM (#3783654) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman Yeah Steve, the Result looks to be 'meh', we need some Blue Sky Thinking. |
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06 Apr 16 - 05:20 AM (#3783658) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman In fact, we need to get the dead fish out on the table. |
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06 Apr 16 - 05:48 AM (#3783663) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Kampervan Sorry Steve, I have zero cycles for this dead-stick thread. |
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06 Apr 16 - 05:55 AM (#3783667) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Senoufou Good heavens! Do people in business circles really speak like this? As a linguist-at-heart, I find it absolutely fascinating, almost a creole. If I were to take up a post in an office now (unlikely as I resemble a wrinkly old paper bag) I'd need to bring an interpreter along. More please, I'm riveted! |
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06 Apr 16 - 06:45 AM (#3783681) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Gee, Kampervan, I need better options with you. At this moment in time I feel like I'm nailing jelly to the hothouse wall. I don't want to start thinking that you're not the long pole in my tent. |
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06 Apr 16 - 07:08 AM (#3783686) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Richard Bridge WTF? What happened to English and saying what you mean and meaning what you say? |
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06 Apr 16 - 07:29 AM (#3783692) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Kampervan Given your chosen profession Richard, I take it there is a touch of irony in your comment? ;-} |
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06 Apr 16 - 07:30 AM (#3783693) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman Amerikans, Bridgie. |
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06 Apr 16 - 07:48 AM (#3783700) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Charmion Oooooh, I love this topic. It's right in my wheelhouse. (Yerk.) |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:18 AM (#3783714) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman The mind boggles! 😎😄 |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:28 AM (#3783715) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Thompson Lean in… |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:41 AM (#3783720) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Good. Sounds like we're gonna all jump in and swim together on this one. Just remember, people, there's no "I" in "team..." |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:50 AM (#3783724) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Sandra in Sydney posted on another thread, but well worth repeating the link Subject: RE: BS: michael noonan and jargon From: Sandra in Sydney - PM Date: 06 Feb 16 - 08:09 AM a recent column by a cross-word compiler & word lover in my local paper took on the jargonauts. The column was illustrated by a cartoon, unfortunately cropped at the waterline in the on-line edition. The original caption was Brian & the Jargonauts. sandra |
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06 Apr 16 - 09:36 AM (#3783731) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Rapparee Look, we need buy in. We need mindshare. A gap analysis shows pushback on rebranding wouldn't justify the ROI. So let's just kick the tires and start a focus group. We'll ignore the 800 pound gorilla and just pick the low-hanging fruit. |
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06 Apr 16 - 09:41 AM (#3783733) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Charmion But the elephant in the room just won't go away -- that's our core business! When our deliverables aren't meeting our milestones, we have to admit that the target market isn't getting on board with the program. |
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06 Apr 16 - 11:44 AM (#3783758) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: olddude Due diligence, action list, assets in place Eyes on |
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06 Apr 16 - 11:52 AM (#3783763) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Senoufou The trouble with any modern argot is that it quickly becomes out of date. I could imagine myself in a new office job mentioning 'thinking outside the box' and being met with a wall of pitying silence. I suspect 'wicked' and 'cool' are horribly vieux jeu now. Young folk change their trendy words almost daily. Wouldn't it be strange if 'fab' came back in? Along with flared trousers... |
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06 Apr 16 - 11:59 AM (#3783764) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw If we can walk together on this one, people, we can avoid having to lawyer up. I can wallpaper a meeting to do a legal scrub if push and shove start to kiss. I will not captain a ship of fools, guys, and that's your final heads up. |
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06 Apr 16 - 12:26 PM (#3783767) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: keberoxu what about 'excellent' and 'awesome'? |
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06 Apr 16 - 12:36 PM (#3783769) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Rapparee That's yesterday. I tell you, I tell you twice, stop blueskying and start getting the product out there! |
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06 Apr 16 - 01:38 PM (#3783781) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Yeah, OK, but we're going to have to paddle on both sides. Should cut it - this is a bacon job, team. |
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06 Apr 16 - 01:39 PM (#3783783) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: DMcG Not quite office jargon but a boss of mine was amused and baffled when he rang someone and asked "is Mr j- there?" and was given the answer "Not as such" |
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06 Apr 16 - 04:50 PM (#3783827) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Joe_F The last time I worked in an office (ca. 1970), we had the following abbreviations for replies to queries: ICCL: I couldn't care less. THWI: To hell with it. ISNUP: It serves no useful purpose. |
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06 Apr 16 - 05:36 PM (#3783837) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: olddude We had one very aggressive guy that when someone would ask a question, his response was, that's stupid, why am I talking to you.. Then he would walk away.. |
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06 Apr 16 - 06:08 PM (#3783851) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk 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!" |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:49 PM (#3783877) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Yeah well this is a bag of snakes, a long way from being a baked cake. We need to stir-fry some ideas in each other's think-woks. |
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06 Apr 16 - 08:55 PM (#3783878) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: olddude You bag your snakes.. Good grief man ya nuts |
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06 Apr 16 - 09:50 PM (#3783885) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: gnu As we move forward, we have to be aware that we will encounter facts that detract from our goals which stem from concerns of certain groups which have other interests from our own. We need to clarify and set our goals such that we are all focused on what we must do to achieve our goals if we believe our goals are in our best interests as a team. P.S. I believe that any politician who speaks the vile 'going forward', 'moving forward' or even just the word 'forward' should be hung, drawn, quartered, and have his head placed on a pike and displayed in the town square. |
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06 Apr 16 - 10:05 PM (#3783887) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Rapparee You're letting the nose of the camel in! This is a meritocracy and we need to leverage the synergy of our team, to repurpose so that we can monetize the processes that will take us to our goal. Going forward, we don't need push back so much as open lines of communication. If we don't you might find yourself packaged out. |
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06 Apr 16 - 10:31 PM (#3783893) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: olddude Lol perfect rap |
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06 Apr 16 - 10:32 PM (#3783894) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Or, in the inimitable words of Shane McBride: "It's all goin' to shit here! This place is FLIPPED!!!" |
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07 Apr 16 - 06:58 AM (#3783962) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Yeah, team, but the last thing we need to be seeing here is each other's rectal databases. Let's recontextualise our latest whole raft of measures. They need ramping up so that the Big Enchilada will see what a barnburner we're in. Gotta keep those C-level guys onside, yeah? You may think that I've got unlimited bouncebackability, but I really don't need to be called in for another Jesus meeting with the blue-hairs, so arses in gear hereonin, OK? |
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07 Apr 16 - 07:29 AM (#3783970) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Backwoodsman Oh Steve, my hero...!! 😜 |
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07 Apr 16 - 09:10 AM (#3783990) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: DMcG Someone said today he would reverbalise that to us |
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07 Apr 16 - 09:14 AM (#3783992) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Dave the Gnome Gobbledygook generator Enjoy :-) |
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07 Apr 16 - 09:35 AM (#3784000) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Yeah well I'm uber-tired of the pig-in-python action on this piece. We need to sideline the show ponies and the rest of us need to upskill if this one's gonna grow legs. I can't keep on throwing dogs bones, and the papershredders in accounts are on my case. |
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07 Apr 16 - 08:01 PM (#3784105) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: gnu I am not going to sugar-coat this. There is only one axe to grind and we need to grab that axe and sharpen it. Elmer Fudd isn't gonna choke this chicken without a team effort. Let's put our shoulders to the grindstone and sharpen that axe. Fudd. |
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07 Apr 16 - 08:13 PM (#3784107) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Yeah but is he a major player or just a Monday-morning quarterback? We don't need negatrons on the team. We have tasks to operationalise and I don't want any more goat rodeos. |
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08 Apr 16 - 08:56 AM (#3784196) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Paul Reade I know this is in the BS section, but there's one very traditional word that sums up all this "office jargon" ... BULLSHIT |
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08 Apr 16 - 09:23 AM (#3784198) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Well don't come the negatron with me, Paul. I want action on this one, not a whole bunch of window-lickers who can't even hack their work-work balance and who serve me up a warm bowl of nothing. I don't need tapdancers with Teflon shoulders. Your dog won't hunt, Paul, so just spare me the testiculating, yeah? |
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08 Apr 16 - 09:41 AM (#3784199) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bill D Office jargon is clear compared to ArtSpeak Artists' statements about their 'conceptual goals' are not considered..... ummmm... artsy... if they are coherent. |
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08 Apr 16 - 10:49 AM (#3784212) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Then of course there's wine tasters... |
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08 Apr 16 - 12:24 PM (#3784228) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bill D urrggg... "an ostentatiously polite little wine, with overtones of musk and cardamom... giving a hint of unfettered ....." Oh, never mind.... I can't even fake that stuff with any sincerity. |
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08 Apr 16 - 09:33 PM (#3784311) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Joe_F Bill D: There was a cartoon in the New Yorker, IIRC by James Thurber, in which (IIRC) the host says "It's a naive domestic Burgundy with no breeding whatever, but I trust you'll be amused by its presumption". |
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08 Apr 16 - 10:08 PM (#3784314) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: frogprince We need to leverage this from a push system to a pull system. |
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08 Apr 16 - 11:09 PM (#3784317) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Steve Shaw, you are an absolute master!!! I can't understand why you're not earning at least 8 figures annually at some mega-corporation or central banking institution. |
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09 Apr 16 - 06:34 AM (#3784354) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Been there, done it, got the t-shirt. I got sick of meeting up with ignoranuses al desko just to get a smidgeon of agreeance on administrivia way below my pay grade. OK, dealing with the Mudcat adhocracy is akin to herding cats, but it's a hammock task in comparison. |
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09 Apr 16 - 09:32 PM (#3784478) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Yes, well, I think you're well out of it, then. And I wish to thank you for what has been a truly hilarious thread! :) |
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09 Apr 16 - 11:58 PM (#3784484) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Helen I have two items to contribute to this discussion: Buzzword Bingo, and Dilbert Joe F, some decades ago I used to have a book which may possibly have been by James Thurber which had very funny illustrations of the crazy winespeak jargon. One of the funniest books I've ever seen. There also was another one about the terms used by purveyors of old books. And, I don't find this thread funny at all (LOL) because I am living in this jargonese nightmare every day at work. I only wish I could retire. Helen |
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10 Apr 16 - 05:02 AM (#3784514) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Mr Red This is, and I make no apology, very, very much in the genre folklore. It surrounds us, it is familiar, it is now, but in a hundred year's time? It is all too easy to dismiss what we do as, what we do. And what we sing, as Folk. But we are the ancients in waiting. At a "trad" Folk Club 25 years ago, I used to do "Lightbulb jokes" between songs. After 6 months I revealed that I was actually demonstrating "Folk in our time". The response was to the effect: "Mr Red getting cheap laughs". As if! |
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10 Apr 16 - 05:08 AM (#3784517) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Perish the thought! |
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10 Apr 16 - 06:31 AM (#3784533) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Well I'm sick of the clocksuckers on my team who spend half the day cyberslacking. How can I possibly level-set these duck-shufflers when they don't see the criticality of the project? I just can't put lipstick on this pig and I'm gonna see if I can get myself lateraled. |
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10 Apr 16 - 04:10 PM (#3784633) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: CupOfTea Working in a noncorporate sorta office (Catholic parish) rife with its own particular jargon, I'm a-gonna put you all on my prayer list. The regular interruptions of a job that involves dozens of different tasks spawned the exclamation "SQUIRREL!!" for the diatraction that takes you away from the task that you now don't remember what you were doing, or what point you left off. (it came from the dog character in the movie "Up") it seems to have universal recognition for that "where was I"?" state. Steve Shaw's command of corporate jargon leaves me in a state of awe and reverence. Yer the real deal, the Big Kahuna, a Silverback with a corner office, He Who Must Be Obeyed, and all that jazz. The low on the totem pole Joanne in the Rock and Roll Capital |
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10 Apr 16 - 06:35 PM (#3784657) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw I have a secret which I shall reveal if this thread reaches a hundred. 😎 |
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10 Apr 16 - 06:43 PM (#3784662) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Paul Reade The difference between this crap and that written about art and wine is that the office stuff is used by the participants whereas critics / observers go on about art / wine. You'd never hear a wine producer talking like this, and I also remember a tale about a journalist interviewing Picasso about a painting that had a fish in it. He asked something like "was it a deep comment on the meaning of life?" To which the great man replied "I think we had fish for lunch that day" |
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10 Apr 16 - 07:19 PM (#3784668) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Crap, Paul? Crap?? Now let's just eat a reality sandwich here. Yeah, sure, I'm undertooled, even behind the eight-ball at times, I admit. But at least I don't do that kumbaya shit and I'm still basically queen of the pigs. Now quit skiing off-piste, do some black-sky thinking and give me something buzzworthy. So far, you're all sausage and no sizzle. Yeah? |
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10 Apr 16 - 10:15 PM (#3784696) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: CupOfTea Paul, If you think art gobbledygook verbiage is just for critics and observers, you likely haven't been part of an art school critique session! In grad school I was appalled at the buzzword laden crap people would shovel about their latest bit of laziness masquerading as minimalism. Douglas Adams captured it perfectly in the critique of Vogon poetry: "counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor..." - Semantically null strings of buzzwords not quite managing to convey content. Joanne who survived grad school without smacking the tar out of the buzzword brigade |
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11 Apr 16 - 03:05 AM (#3784716) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Mr Red I'm outa here. |
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11 Apr 16 - 08:50 AM (#3784748) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Well, Red, you've been resource-intensive for a while. Can't say we ever found you the right seat on the bus anyhoo. Your reverse-infallibility has grated lately. However, should you want to swim with us again going forward, drop by my office for a little spot of over-the-shoulder time, dude. Missing you already. |
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11 Apr 16 - 11:07 AM (#3784761) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk YES! I love the stark insincerity combined with the delicate overlay of contempt. Moving "forward" indeed! I bet Hillary Clinton knows everything about swimming in these treacherous corporate waters. |
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11 Apr 16 - 09:13 PM (#3784795) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw But just admit that this journey will force us to sunset the whole project unless there's a paradigm shift. We need to incentivise people into becoming our new breed of product evangelist. The fast money is in the low-hanging fruit - but no wrongsiding the demographic in the process, OK? Let's face it, you can't turn a tanker around with a speedboat change... |
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12 Apr 16 - 07:23 AM (#3784849) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Helen I was wrong about James Thurber being the author of the book illustrating wine connoisseurs' descriptions of wine. It was by Ronald Searle, famous for teh St Trinian's cartoons and books, subsequently made into movies way back when. Tne name of the book is Winespeak. I tried a Google image search but although soem of the illustrations are there, they really only make sense when you read the wine descriptions. Searle also published another book of cartoons called Slightly foxed But Still desirable, illustrating the terms used by sellers of antiquarian books. My favourite illustration in that book had the caption, "Name on fly", meaning that a previous owner had written their name on the flyleaf or the inside of the front cover. The carton showed a humongous, ugly fly with "Albert" written on his body. I know this slightly off topic but someone in the thread mentioned wine descriptions and it reminded me of the book. To get back on topic, another acronym I heard years ago is WOFTAM, waste of f#@%ing time and money. |
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12 Apr 16 - 10:17 AM (#3784875) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bill D Methinks Steve Shaw's secret is akin to what allows ME to do this: "At the end of the day, it's time to act with epic playing field and ideate our team game-changer." "Going forward, it's time to act with entrepreneurial learnings and streamline our team footprint." |
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13 Apr 16 - 08:14 PM (#3785171) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Steve, I must know your secret. Therefore I am giving this thread another lease on life. |
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13 Apr 16 - 08:22 PM (#3785174) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk Hmm. Never mind, I think I've got it. Ahem! Listen up, folks! We must enthusiastically pursue backward-compatible expertise and energistically leverage an expanded array of compellingly client-focused infrastructures encouraging higher standards in strategic theme areas so as to promote quality efficient solutions that will provide access to next-generation resource-maximizing niche markets. |
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13 Apr 16 - 09:22 PM (#3785181) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Well I have to get to bed now but I'll tell you the secret tomorrow, maybe after another pile of bullshit 😎. It's nothing fancy, just my source, which is a gem. I don't know any of this stuff at all, I assure you! |
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13 Apr 16 - 10:57 PM (#3785195) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bee-dubya-ell When I hear "going forward", I want to ask the speaker, "How else can you go? What you're talking about going forward in is time. In our universe, time only goes one way. Forward. You can't go backwards, sideways, up, or down. Why don't you say, 'in the future'? It's much less annoying." |
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13 Apr 16 - 11:00 PM (#3785196) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bill D Steve will no doubt show us which of several jargon generators he uses. I found several, and I suppose LH found one. |
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13 Apr 16 - 11:03 PM (#3785197) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Little Hawk I did indeed. It's profoundly exciting. Almost orgasmic. Soon I will be rubbing elbows with pretentious assholes in suits, using Power Point, and generally engaging in upward mobility. Or not. :) |
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14 Apr 16 - 08:18 PM (#3785380) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw OK, guys, swansong time. I'm not gonna cheese-chew any more across the piece just to cover up for people who pretend to aggressive mediocrity, when all along they're simply dipping their pens in company ink in firm time. OK, for now I'll anonymise. But just remember, even dead cats bounce, and, whatever the obstacles, we can eat this elephant one bite at a time... |
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15 Apr 16 - 05:48 AM (#3785432) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw OK, I'll spill the beans. Check out theofficelife.com and look for the Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary. It's an absolute gem! |
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15 Apr 16 - 05:56 AM (#3785434) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Senoufou My sister rang yesterday; she's in the throes of choosing a whole new kitchen. She said, "I need to future-proof it." I imagine she meant she was going to choose a design that won't date. If that is the case, why not say so? She ought to know better - she's nearly as old as me! |
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15 Apr 16 - 06:00 AM (#3785436) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw Well what about all this "pre-" stuff? It seems that you don't order or book anything any more, you pre-order or pre-book. |
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15 Apr 16 - 08:28 AM (#3785454) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Senoufou Logically Steve, that would imply that one books before one actually books... therein lies utter madness! |
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15 Apr 16 - 08:39 AM (#3785458) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Steve Shaw I presuppose so, in the words of one of our illustrious, more pious contributors... |
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15 Apr 16 - 08:51 AM (#3785464) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Senoufou That makes me think of so-called 'pre-owned' cars. I expect it's now forbidden to use the term 'second hand'. I've even seen 'pre-loved'!! Nice to know the vehicle was once adored... |
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15 Apr 16 - 10:00 AM (#3785470) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Bill D "Pre-recorded earlier, at a previous time" |
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26 Apr 16 - 03:41 AM (#3787179) Subject: RE: BS: Office jargon From: Kampervan The chief executive of Whitbread (Premier Inns, Costa Coffee etc), when talking about assessing the state of her business, on BBC Breakfast TV this morning, referred to 'Kicking the tyres' Yes folks, we're not inventing all of this. |