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10 Business Colloquialisms | 10.07.2005

1. Boil the Ocean - "Lets try not to boil the ocean in this meeting." MEANS: Lets stop spinning our fucking wheels here
2. Wheels Up - "We're wheels up at 1:30." MEANS: Lets get the hell out of here no later than 1:30
3. Hard Out - "Lets make this quick. I have a hard out at 1:00." MEANS: If you say it too fast, it's going to come out wrong
4. Knee Jerk - "My knee jerk reaction is that it makes sense." MEANS: I have no idea what I'm about to say but I'm going to show you how brave I am by going first
5. To Be Perfectly Honest - "To be perfectly honest, I think your idea is the best." MEANS: They're really lying through their teeth
6. My Bad - "Sorry. My bad." MEANS: I screwed up royally
7. Net Net - "So net-net, we have a deal?" MEANS: Let me cut to the chase so you'll shut up
8. Stake in the Ground - "Lets put a stake in the ground and set the deadline for next week." MEANS: Let me try and bind you to a deadline that you'll never meet
9. I Hear What You're Saying - "I hear what you're saying but I'm not sure it will work." MEANS: They think you're an idiot and you're lucky they're still listening
10. No Worries - "Hey dude. No worries." MEANS: You should worry

posted at 3:02 PM  

2 Comments:

 Anonymous at 3:18 PM:

These are great. I'm going to start using some of
them at my upcoming meetings.

 
 karen at 4:32 PM:

hahaha. they're good. i think though that "my bad" also has an element of 'okay so i'm rolling over here; in exchange, you should never mention this again.

 

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