"Business" Talk

[turnipmonster]

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Weird stuff man. Nobody talks like that in my office.

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[mason55]

the day i was in a meeting and said "let's take this offline" was the day i realized that my soul was dead. that is the only one i ever used, and it is a little bit shorter than "hey, this is outside the scope of this meeting and we're probably the only two interested in it. can we talk about it later?"

[Boris]

[Dids]

I would like Boris to tells us more about the lingo used in the lumberjack business.

[Shajen]

Boris:

I don't want to touch your monkey.

[Boris]

[ QUOTE ]
I would like Boris to tells us more about the lingo used in the lumberjack business.

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Mostly I just chewed Copenhagen and talked to myself.

[El Diablo]

shant,

I'll provide my feedback on this when I have a little more bandwidth available.

[dustyn]

[ QUOTE ]
Looks pretty standard. Welcome to the real world.

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Yep I agree. These are pretty standard business phrases that are used in offices everywhere.

[bisonbison]

Can we parking lot this discussion til I have a little more bandwidth? Maybe MOW? I want to focus down on something more impactful, so if we could circle back to this and touch base with the working group about the committee spec, that'd be aces.

[AAAA]

throughout history "jargon" has been used to identify members of a group as well as to shorten or soften comments.

q3 is an example of shortening and "offline" is a version of softening a comment. to the extent you know the jargon gives people an idea of how much they would have to explain something to be reasonably sure it was understood.

however, the people who are "proactive" and "take meetings" can also just be showing off or imitating someone incorrectly.