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Newest Review: ... is absolutely in love with this word and at every meeting will use it at least twice. An example would be: ‘I’ve had an idea about how we should be doing something and I’m going to socialise it around the team.’ What?? I first heard it only a couple of weeks ago and it really threw me, it wasn’t until the third or fourth time that I thought I knew what he was saying. I also think he some kind of exclusivity rule about it as I haven’t heard anyone else use it yet, I have been tempted but so far haven’t had the guts in case he thinks I’m taking the mickey. Which I would be. Take One for the Team~ This one has a long association wit... more
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How do You Arrange a Perfect Business Meeting?: The Devil's Dictionary for Business (2446 words)by - written on 23/03/07 (Very useful, 1982 readings)
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An updated guide to business speak: It probably started in the eighties with the yuppies, they might be an easy target but I’m going to blame them anyway as they deserve it. I’m talking about the obsession in business to take regular words from the English language and abuse them into some entirely new, nonsensical, meaning. It would be equally easy to blame the Americans, but you can’t really blame them for trying to impose their personality on our shared language. No, this is a problem for business and the increasing need to bamboozle customers and avoid blame. Now at this point you may well be glazing over and anticipating a tired rehash of ... Read the complete review
