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Chat => General => Topic started by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 02:51:30 pm

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 02:51:30 pm

This was mentioned a while back with all these stupid sayings like pushing the envelope and thinking outside of the box but I have a few more for you:

Run it up the flagpole: To take a new idea, present it to others to gauge reaction.

Singing from the same hymn sheet: To think and operate in the same way as colleagues to take a plan of action forward.

Get our ducks in a row: To take time to focus on the organisational needs of a business and create a more structured aproach for taking it forward.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: kevvosa on December 16, 2006, 02:54:42 pm

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 02:57:47 pm

Low hanging fruit: The most obvious and easy to convert customers.

Joined up thinking: To look at how separate elements can affect each other, rather than viewing an element in isolation.

Ramp up: To increase activity within a specific area of a business over a period of time.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: smurfboy on December 16, 2006, 03:05:11 pm

I've heard several of those and they all drive me mad. Another one that gets me is referring to the end of the day as 'close of play' - as if we've all been at a big jolly cricket match instead of working!

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 03:10:37 pm

Halo effect: To use past experiences to inform and influence future decisions.

Hot desking: To introduce a flexible system whereby a group of employees move around within a section of unassigned desks.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: smurfboy on December 16, 2006, 03:11:39 pm

We have hot desking in our office

My boss also insists on saying 'dub dub dub' when he means www.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 03:13:18 pm

Bobble heading: To join colleagues in a mass nodding of heads prompted by nonsensical comments made by a senior member of staff.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: kevvosa on December 16, 2006, 03:14:00 pm

And to think I wanted to get an office job 

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 03:15:41 pm

Title: Office jargon
Post by: loulou on December 16, 2006, 03:16:26 pm

What is your job kev?

Title: Office jargon
Post by: kevvosa on December 16, 2006, 03:22:38 pm

I don't have one at the moment. When I move I want to get an office job but now you're putting me off

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Post by: oldspice on December 16, 2006, 05:26:17 pm

We have hot desking too.

And we 'cascade' when we've been to a meeting.

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Post by: goldencup on December 16, 2006, 11:27:44 pm

We cascade and roll out.  I love the bobble heading though - it's a new one on me and we have to do a lot of it.

Title: Office jargon
Post by: smurfboy on December 17, 2006, 12:07:03 pm

My ex-boss used to ask us to have a 'brain dump'. Quite appropriate really, considering she was full of sh*t.

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Post by: kevvosa on December 17, 2006, 03:20:50 pm

Title: Office jargon
Post by: oldspice on December 17, 2006, 03:33:32 pm

Quote from: smurfboy

My ex-boss used to ask us to have a 'brain dump'. Quite appropriate really, considering she was full of sh*t.